Any minute

The answer

ANON

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANON answer page.

Used 11 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 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.

• SOON (15 uses in xd)
• REALSOON (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ANON

Every other clue in this collection answered by ANON, most used first.

• Shortly - used 267 times, most recently in 2026
• Soon - used 233 times, most recently in 2026
• Presently - used 165 times, most recently in 2026
• Auth. unknown - used 102 times, most recently in 2025
• By and by - used 87 times, most recently in 2021
• Erelong - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• In a while - used 64 times, most recently in 2021
• Ever and ___ - used 59 times, most recently in 2024
• Soon, poetically - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• In a bit - used 55 times, most recently in 2024
• Unknown author, for short - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Soon, to a bard - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Before long - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
• Ever's partner - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Later - used 39 times, most recently in 2020
• Shortly, in poems - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
• Bartlett's abbr. - used 33 times, most recently in 2019
• Prolific auth. - used 31 times, most recently in 2022
• Soon, to Shakespeare - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Author unknown, for short - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• At another time - used 29 times, most recently in 2008
• Quote-book abbr. - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Poetic adverb - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• In due time - used 25 times, most recently in 2015
• Shortly, to Shakespeare - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Soon, in verse - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• In a short time - used 21 times, most recently in 2016
• Prolific "author" - used 21 times, most recently in 2007
• Unknown auth. - used 21 times, most recently in 2018
• Shortly, to Shelley - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• After a while - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Soon, to a poet - used 18 times, most recently in 2017
• "Author unknown" byline - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
• In a little while - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Shakespearean "soon" - used 16 times, most recently in 2014
• Soon, in poems - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Any time now - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
• In a bit, to the bard - used 15 times, most recently in 2016
• In the near future - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
• Pretty soon - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
• Shortly, quaintly - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• In a short while - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Soon, ere now - used 11 times, most recently in 2007
• Soon, quaintly - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Unsigned, briefly - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Before long, to Shakespeare - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Forthwith - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Shortly, in verse - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Soon, to the bard - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Bard's "soon" - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Before long, poetically - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Quotation notation - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
• Shortly, to the Bard - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Before too long - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Unsigned, for short - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• In a bit, to bards - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• In a moment - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• In short order - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Not right now - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Poetic "soon" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Shortly, in poetry - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Shortly, poetically - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Soon, in poetry - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Unidentified, for short - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Bartlett's byline, briefly - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Oft-quoted auth. - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Some time hence - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Soon, long ago - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Soon, to bards - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Unknown author, briefly - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Unknown quote source, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Unsigned, as a poem - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Untraceable author, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• At any time - EVER, used 696 times
• At any point - EVER, used 139 times
• Any day now - SOON, used 101 times
• Not any - NONE, used 89 times
• Laugh-a-minute - RIOT, used 75 times
• Any minute now - SOON, used 73 times

Search the clue collection

Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.