Early.
The crossword clue "Early." is answered by SOON, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 1995; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SOON
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOON answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 1995; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 2 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.
- PREDAWN (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for SOON
Every other clue in this collection answered by SOON, most used first.
- Before long - used 120 times, most recently in 2026
- Any day now - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
- Shortly - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
- Any minute now - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Any time now - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Before you know it - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Anon - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- In a bit - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- In the near future - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Procrastinator's promise - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Presently - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- In a minute - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- In short order - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
- By and by - used 22 times, most recently in 2021
- In just a bit - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- In a jiffy - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Any minute - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- One of these days - used 15 times, most recently in 2012
- Quickly. - used 15 times, most recently in 2007
- Any moment now - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Promptly - used 14 times, most recently in 2004
- Directly - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- In a moment - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Imminently - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- In no time - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Momentarily - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Part of ASAP - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- In a while - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Not long from now - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Any second now - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- "... are ___ parted" - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
- In a few minutes - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- In a little while - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Anytime now - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Before too long - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Erelong - used 6 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.
- Early Peruvian - INCA, used 90 times
- Early automaker - OLDS, used 46 times
- Early birds? - EGGS, used 44 times
- Early video game - PONG, used 41 times
- Early pulpit - AMBO, used 32 times
- Early Ron Howard role - OPIE, used 28 times
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