Shortly
The crossword clue "Shortly" is answered by SOON, a 4-letter entry. Used 95 times across 48 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SOON
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOON answer page.
Used 95 times across 48 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- INAMOMENT (5 uses in xd)
- INAWHILE (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for SOON
Every other clue in this collection answered by SOON, most used first.
- Before long - used 120 times, most recently in 2026
- Any day now - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
- Any minute now - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Any time now - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Before you know it - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Anon - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- In a bit - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- In the near future - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Procrastinator's promise - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Presently - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- In a minute - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- In short order - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
- By and by - used 22 times, most recently in 2021
- In just a bit - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Shortly - ANON, used 267 times
- Shortly, in poems - ANON, used 39 times
- In -- (shortly) - ASEC, used 27 times
- Shortly, to Shakespeare - ANON, used 25 times
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