"Hold on ___!"
The crossword clue ""Hold on ___!"" is answered by ASEC, a 4-letter entry. Used 68 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 22 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ASEC
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASEC answer page.
Used 68 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 22 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.
- WAITASEC (14 uses in xd)
- NOTYET (6 uses in xd)
Other clues for ASEC
Every other clue in this collection answered by ASEC, most used first.
- "Just ___!" - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- "Wait ___!" - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- In -- (shortly) - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Hold sway - RULE, used 77 times
- Hard to hold - EELY, used 51 times
- "Hold on!" - WAIT, used 48 times
- "Hold your horses!" - WHOA, used 48 times
- Hold back - STEM, used 43 times
- Hold on to - KEEP, used 42 times
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