| Shortly, in a stuck-up way | 26 |
| Shakespearean "straightaway" | 38 |
| Shakespeare's "soon" | 34 |
| Secret identity?: Abbr. | 23 |
| Right away, or later | 20 |
| Quotation-book abbr. | 20 |
| Quotation notation? | 19 |
| Quotation notation, sometimes | 29 |
| Quotation notation, briefly | 27 |
| Quotation notation (abbr.) | 26 |
| Quotation designation: Abbr. | 28 |
| Quotation attribution: Abbr. | 28 |
| Quotation abbr. | 15 |
| Quotable notable?: Abbr. | 24 |
| Quot. source, often | 19 |
| Quot. attribution | 17 |
| Quite soon, poetically | 22 |
| Prolific writer?: abbr. | 23 |
| Prolific writer | 15 |
| Prolific poet: Abbr. | 20 |
| Prolific composer or author | 27 |
| Prolific author: Abbr. | 22 |
| Prolific author, for short | 26 |
| Prolific anth. author | 21 |
| Presently, poetically | 21 |
| Popular signature | 17 |
| Popular quot. source | 20 |
| Popular poet, briefly | 21 |
| Poetic ''soon'' | 31 |
| Poet's soon | 15 |
| Poet's "shortly" | 30 |
| Partner of ever | 15 |
| One who shall remain nameless?: abbr. | 37 |
| Old-fashioned word for "in a little while" | 52 |
| Old folk song composer, often: Abbr. | 36 |
| Oft-quoted indiv. | 17 |
| Oft-quoted author? (abbr.) | 26 |
| Notation after "A new broom sweeps clean" | 51 |
| Notable quotable: Abbr. | 23 |
| Not named: Abbr. | 16 |
| Not known: Abbr. | 16 |
| Nameless, for short | 19 |
| Nameless for short | 19 |
| Mystery writer, for short | 25 |
| Mysterious byline, for short | 28 |
| Much-cited source | 17 |
| Mr. X, for short | 16 |
| Mr. X for short | 16 |
| Most quoted author | 18 |
| Most prolific auth. | 19 |
| Maybe mañana | 15 |
| Many a folk song, composer-wise: Abbr. | 38 |
| Literary credit | 15 |
| Like some online forum postings: Abbr. | 38 |
| Like some LAPD tips | 19 |
| Like some graffiti: Abbr. | 25 |
| Like Mr. X | 10 |
| Like most proverbs: Abbr. | 25 |
| Like most proverbs, for short | 29 |
| Like most nursery rhymes: Abbr. | 31 |
| Like most limericks, in short | 29 |
| Like most jokes on the Internet: Abbr. | 38 |
| Like most Internet trolls: Abbr. | 32 |
| Like most graffiti, for short | 29 |
| Like most adages: Abbr. | 23 |
| Like many snide comments on the web (abbr.) | 43 |
| Like many SFPD tips | 19 |
| Like many quotes: Abbr. | 23 |
| Like many limericks: Abbr. | 26 |
| Like many forum postings: Abbr. | 31 |
| Like many blog comments, informally | 35 |
| Like many a wiseacre's comment: Abbr. | 41 |
| Like many a quip: Abbr. | 23 |
| Like many a poet, for short | 27 |
| Like "Beowulf," in brief | 34 |
| Like "Beowulf," e.g.: Abbr. | 37 |
| Juliet's word to her nurse | 30 |
| In the near future, politically | 31 |
| In the near future, in the past | 31 |
| In the blink of an orb? | 23 |
| In not too long, old-style | 26 |
| In due course | 13 |
| In a short time, quaintly | 25 |
| In a short time, old-style | 26 |
| In a minute, in a poem | 22 |
| In a little while, to Shakespeare | 33 |
| In a few | 8 |
| In a bit, to bards | 18 |
| In a bit, to a bard | 19 |
| In a bit, old-style | 19 |
| In a bit, in poems | 18 |
| Having no known auth. | 21 |
| Freq. quotation attribution | 27 |
| Familiar sig. | 13 |
| Familiar byline | 15 |
| Familiar author: Abbr. | 22 |
| Ever's pal | 14 |
| Ever partner | 12 |
| Ever and --- | 12 |
| Ever and -- | 11 |