"Don't dawdle!"

The answer

ASAP

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

Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 8 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.

• NOW (4 uses in xd)
• HIE (2 uses in xd)
• BEFAST (1 uses in xd)
• KEEPUP (1 uses in xd)
• LOSENOTIME (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ASAP

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

• Pronto - used 201 times, most recently in 2026
• "Stat!" - used 137 times, most recently in 2026
• "Right away!" - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
• PDQ - used 94 times, most recently in 2025
• "Now!" - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Letters of urgency - used 69 times, most recently in 2024
• Now, on a memo - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Now, in a memo - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• "Immediately!" - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Without delay - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Urgent letters - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Quickly, quickly - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
• P.D.Q. - used 40 times, most recently in 2012
• "On the double!" - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• "Yesterday!" - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• "By yesterday!" - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• Pronto, in memos - used 37 times, most recently in 2024
• Memo letters - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Chop-chop - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Right away, in a memo - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• "... and make it fast!" - used 31 times, most recently in 2018
• "Quickly!" - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• "Make it snappy!" - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Rush job letters - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Right away, in memos - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• "Right now!" - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Rush order - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Quickly, in memos - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
• Pronto, in a memo - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• "... and make it snappy!" - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• "Hurry!" - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Memo directive - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Rush job notation - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• PDQ relative - used 17 times, most recently in 2011
• Quickly, briefly - used 17 times, most recently in 2012
• Right away: Abbr. - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Memo acronym - used 16 times, most recently in 2015
• Posthaste - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• "Right away!" letters - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Pronto, on a memo - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Rush-order letters - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Rush letters - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Without delay, in memos - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• "Like, now!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "Like, yesterday!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "Make it snappy," in memos - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Rush-job acronym - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Without delay, in a memo - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Immediately, in a memo - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "Fast!" on a memo - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• "Hurry!" letters - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Initials of urgency - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Right away, for short - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Exec's order - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• "I need it yesterday!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Lickety-split - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Quickly!" in a memo - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• "Right now" in a memo - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• "Rush!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Without delay, briefly - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Without delay, for short - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• CEO's "Right now!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• "Don't delay!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Exec's "Now!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Express letters? - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• "Hurry up!" acronym - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Kin of PDQ - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Memo abbr. - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Memo imperative - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Memo letters for "I need it now!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• PDQ kin - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "Pronto!" letters - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "And step on it!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• "Immediately, if not sooner" letters - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Immediately, in memos - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "Make it fast!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• "Make it quick!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• "Now!" letters - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Rush-order order - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Urgent memo letters - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• At once, in a memo - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Immediately, if not sooner - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Letters like PDQ - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Now, in memos - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• PDQ cousin - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• PDQ, politely - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
• Posthaste, briefly - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• "Quickly!" acronym - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Quickly, for short - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Rapper ___ Rocky - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "Stat!" relative - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Urgent acronym - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• W/o delay - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Without dawdling, in memos - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• "Before you do anything else" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "Hurry up!" in memos - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Hurry-up letters - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Letters on a rush job - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• On the double, in memos - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Pressing letters - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Pronto, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Pronto, to execs - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Quickly, shortly - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Right away, briefly - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Right away, in four letters - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Urgent order - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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• "Why don't we!" - LETS, used 157 times
• "Don't go!" - STAY, used 93 times
• "Don't bet ___!" - ONIT, used 81 times
• "Don't worry about me" - IMOK, used 79 times
• "Don't look ___!" - ATME, used 69 times
• Don't include - OMIT, used 58 times

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