Soon, to bards

The answer

ANON

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Any minute - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• 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
• 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.

• As soon as - ONCE, used 137 times
• Black, to bards - EBON, used 29 times
• As soon as - WHEN, used 17 times
• Very soon after - UPON, used 15 times
• "___ be over soon" - ITLL, used 10 times
• Soon afterward - THEN, used 8 times

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