| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| ANON | Shakespeare's "in a sec" |
| NOTYET | "In a sec" |
| SOON | In a sec |
| BRB | "Putting the phone down for a sec," in textspeak |
| BRB | "I need to step away for a sec," in an IM |
| MURRAIN | A pestilence, in Shakespeare's day. |
| PALEFIRE | What the "arrant thief" of a moon "snatches from the sun," in Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens" |
| SANS | Word repeated four times in the last line of Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage" speech |
