"Hold on just a ___!"

The answer

SEC

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

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SEC

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

• Jiffy - used 120 times, most recently in 2026
• "Just a ___!" - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
• Dry, as wine - used 90 times, most recently in 2022
• Moment - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• Brief moment - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• "Hold on a ___!" - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
• Brief time - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Short time - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a min. - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Jiff - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Min. part - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• "Wait a ___!" - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• "Wait just a ___!" - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Fraction of a min. - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• "Gimme a ___!" - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Wall St. watchdog - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
• Short time, for short - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Dry - used 21 times, most recently in 2005
• Instant - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Wine word - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
• Brief time, briefly - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Wall St. regulator - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• NYSE watchdog - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Min. fraction - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Not sweet - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• NYSE overseer - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Brief moment, briefly - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Triple ___ - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Flash - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Mo - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• 1/60 of a min. - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Champagne word - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• "Gimme one ___" - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "Hang on a ___!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Wine specification - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Blink of an eye - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• "Just a ___" ("hold on") - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Moment, for short - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Two shakes - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
• Like Chablis - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
• Triple ___ (orange-flavored liqueur) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Be there in a ___!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "I'll be there in a ___!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• NASDAQ overseer - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Not as dry as brut - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• NYSE regulator - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Triple __: liqueur - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Wine descriptor - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Triple ___ (orange liqueur) - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Wine adjective - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Wine label word - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Wine quality - used 7 times, most recently in 1976
• Word on a wine label - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Champagne designation - used 6 times, most recently in 2011

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• Hold up - ROB, used 163 times
• Just out - NEW, used 146 times
• "Just kidding!" - NOT, used 84 times
• Not just any - THE, used 83 times
• Just fine - AOK, used 71 times
• "Just __ suspected!" - ASI, used 62 times

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