This minute

The answer

NOW

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOW answer page.

Used 23 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 13 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.

• ATONCE (10 uses in xd)
• ASAP (2 uses in xd)
• RIGHTAWAY (2 uses in xd)
• STAT (2 uses in xd)
• ASOF (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for NOW

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

• Immediately - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Right away - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• At once - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• This instant - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Right this minute - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Without delay - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• "Stat!" - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Present - used 32 times, most recently in 2017
• Promptly - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• At present - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• At this moment - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Currently - used 22 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.

• Minute - WEE, used 82 times
• "This ___ test" - ISA, used 77 times
• To this point - YET, used 50 times
• "This American Life" host Glass - IRA, used 47 times
• Glass of "This American Life" - IRA, used 42 times
• "This ___ recording" - ISA, used 38 times

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