Short time, for short
The crossword clue "Short time, for short" is answered by SEC, a 3-letter entry. Used 22 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SEC
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SEC answer page.
Used 22 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1960. 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.
- MSEC (4 uses in xd)
- HOTSEC (1 uses in xd)
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
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.
- For each - PER, used 391 times
- Historic time - ERA, used 309 times
- Long, long time - EON, used 302 times
- Long time - EON, used 270 times
- Very long time - EON, used 212 times
- "For shame!" - TSK, used 208 times
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