| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Shortly | Wall Street Journal | 30 Jan 2024 |
| Possible answer to 19-Across | ||
| "Can't you see we're busy?!" | Universal | 24 Oct 2023 |
| "Not quite yet" | New York Times | 08 Sep 2023 |
| Shortly | Wall Street Journal | 05 Dec 2022 |
| Pretty soon | Premier Sunday | 20 Nov 2022 |
| 'Not right this second' | New York Times | 29 Jun 2022 |
| Shortly | The Washington Post | 10 Jun 2022 |
| Shortly | LA Times Daily | 10 Jun 2022 |
| Soon | Wall Street Journal | 12 Feb 2022 |
| Shortly | Thomas Joseph | 29 Dec 2021 |
| Shortly | Thomas Joseph | 12 Aug 2021 |
| Shortly | New York Times | 25 Mar 2021 |
| Soon | New York Times | 28 Feb 2021 |
| Shortly | Thomas Joseph | 02 Feb 2021 |
| 'Soon' | USA Today | 04 Nov 2020 |
| Shortly | Wall Street Journal | 12 Aug 2020 |
| Very soon | Newsday | 01 Aug 2020 |
| “Give me a sec” | Wall Street Journal | 03 Mar 2020 |
| "Soon" | LA Times Daily | 18 Sep 2019 |
| 'Soon' | The Washington Post | 18 Sep 2019 |
| Shortly | Premier Sunday | 04 Aug 2019 |
| "Soon" | ||
| Shortly | ||
| "Soon" | ||
| Soon | Wall Street Journal | 09 Jan 2018 |
| Quite soon | Newsday | 03 Jun 2017 |
| Soon | Eugene Sheffer | 10 Nov 2016 |
| Soon | Thomas Joseph | 29 Oct 2016 |
| Pretty soon | Newsday | 15 Jul 2016 |
| Very soon | ||
| Soon | ||
| Soon | ||
| "Pretty soon" | ||
| Shortly | ||
| Procrastinator's refrain | ||
| Before long | ||
| Soon | ||
| "Soon!" | ||
| By and by | ||
| Very soon | ||
| "It won't be long" | ||
| "It won't be long" | ||
| Presently | ||
| "Later" | ||
| "Not right now" | ||
| Shortly | ||
| Quite soon | ||
| Shortly | ||
| "Soon!" | ||
| Soon | ||
| "Soon!" | ||
| Shortly | ||
| Soon | ||
| "Not right now" | ||
| "Not right now" | ||
| Pretty soon | ||
| Very soon | ||
| Anon | ||
| "Come back later" | ||
| Soon | ||
| "Can't you see I'm busy?" | ||
| "I'll do it soon!" |