Without further delay

The answer

NOW

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

Used 13 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• This minute - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Currently - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• "ASAP!" - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• At this time - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• As we speak - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Today - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Forthwith. - used 16 times, most recently in 2009
• "I don't have all day!" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• "On the double!" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• This second - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• "Pronto!" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• "Right this second!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Straightaway - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
• These days - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Presently - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "Don't delay!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• "Right this instant!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Then partner - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• This moment - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• This very moment - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ what?" - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• At the moment - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• At the present time - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Right this moment - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Trendy - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Without further ado - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• "___ hear this!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• This very second - used 6 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.

• "Without further ___ ..." - ADO, used 256 times
• Say further - ADD, used 134 times
• "And now, without further ___ ..." - ADO, used 80 times
• Without exception - ALL, used 59 times
• Delay - LAG, used 41 times
• "Without a doubt!" - YES, used 41 times

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