The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SEC which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2022.
"Short" time crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SEC | 44 % | 3 |
| MIN | 15 % | 3 |
| TRICE | 12 % | 5 |
| MOMENT | 8 % | 6 |
| BIT | 4 % | 3 |
| JIFF | 4 % | 4 |
| WHILE | 4 % | 5 |
| SPELL | 4 % | 5 |
| MATTEROFSECONDS | 2 % | 15 |
| SECOND | 2 % | 6 |
| MAG | 2 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: "Short" time
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hour
- short-lived
- short-term
- short break
- workhour
- layoff
- off time
- jobhour
- time off
- worktime
- some time
- half-time
Crossword Answer definitions
SEC noun- Second, 1/60 of a minute.
- One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
- A short, indeterminate amount of time.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SEC
- "Hold on a ___!"
- "Just a __!"
- "Short" time
- Financial regulatory org.
- Investor-protecting gr.
- Jiff
- Jiffy
- Moment
- Not sweet, winewise
- NYSE reg.
More clues leading to the result MIN
- Andy Gump's wife
- Time div
- Time div.
- Number between hr. and sec.
- Chord abbr.
- Hr. component
- Set of secs.
- Hr. part
- Hr. fraction
- Least amt.
More clues leading to the result TRICE
- Split second
- Jiffy
- Instant
- Blink of an eye
- Sec
- Very short time
- Brief instant
- Brief period of time
- Brief moment of time
- Short amount of time
More clues leading to the result MOMENT
- Eyeblink
- Short time
- Second
- Instant in time
- Jiffy
- Importance
- Instant
- Instant of truth?
- Brief interval
- Senior __
More clues leading to the result BIT
- A chuck holds it
- Part of a stand-up's act
- Took the bait
- Small theatrical part
- Tiny amount
- Fed from, as a vampire or a mosquito
- Drill piece
- Comic shtick
- Rein check
- Came down on your elbows?
More clues leading to the result JIFF
- Quick moment
- Quick second
- Blink of an eye, for short
- Blink of an eye
- Sec
- Very short time
- Brief moment, briefly
- Flash
- Brief sec
- Short time
More clues leading to the result WHILE
- Fiddle away, as with time
- Happening at the same time that
- Considerable time
- During the time that
- Sandra Bullock's "___ You Were Sleeping"
- As long as
- Even though
- During
- Vague time period
- Spend leisurely, with "away"
More clues leading to the result SPELL
- Period of time
- Love-potion effect
- Amount to, as doom
- Be in a bee
- Accio or Glisseo in Harry Potter, e.g.
- Casting call?
- Enchantment
- Hex
- Mage's casting
- Magic touch?
More clues leading to the result MATTEROFSECONDS
More clues leading to the result SECOND
- Kind of fiddle
- Support, as a motion
- Runner-up's ranking
- Minute part
- Minute fraction
- Voting prerequisite, at times
- Corner of a diamond
- Place's place
- Duelist's attendant
- Minute piece