"Wait a ___!"
The crossword clue ""Wait a ___!"" is answered by SEC, a 3-letter entry. Used 37 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SEC
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SEC answer page.
Used 37 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 15 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.
- MINIM (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for SEC
Every other clue in this collection answered by SEC, most used first.
- "Just a ___!" - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
- Dry, as wine - used 90 times, most recently in 2022
- 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
- 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 just a ___!" - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
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