Answer: SEC
SEC is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 308 times.
Referring Clues:
- N.Y.S.E. regulator
 - Watchdog grp. for 29-Down
 - Not long to wait
 - Brief time
 - Dry, as wine
 - Like some wine
 - Instant
 - Short time
 - "Hold on a ___!"
 - Champagne designation
 - Twinkling of an eye
 - Jiffy
 - Flash
 - Blink of an eye
 - Like Chianti
 - Brut alternative
 - "Wait a ___!"
 - Dry, in Versailles
 - Dry, in Napa
 - Jiff
 - Dry, to oenologists
 - Triple ___
 - Not sweet
 - Instant, for short
 - "Just a ___!"
 - "Hold on a ___"
 - Dry, to wine lovers
 - Wine label word
 - Very short wait, in short
 - Brief instant
 - Instant, briefly
 - Heartbeat, so to speak
 - Org. that protects investors
 - No time at all
 - League for L.S.U. and Mississippi St.
 - Wall St. watchdog
 - Wall St. regulator
 - Instant, in slang
 - "Just a ___!" ("Hold on!")
 - Tick
 - Fed. monitor of stock fraud
 - Trice, informally
 - Half a mo
 - Part of a min.
 - Mo
 - With 39-Across, instant
 - Fraction of a min.
 - 1/60 of a min.
 - Two shakes
 - "Wait a ___!" ("Hold on there!")
 - Dry, to an oenologist
 - Dry, to a winetaster
 - Short period of time
 - Triple ___ (orange liqueur)
 - "Just a ___"
 - Wine classification
 - Wine word
 - Word on wine bottles
 - "Wait just a ___!"
 - Triple ___ (mixed drink ingredient)
 - Dry, to a wine taster
 - NASDAQ overseer
 - Dry
 - Wine descriptor
 - "Wait a ___"
 - Brief moment
 - Moderately dry, as champagne
 - Dry, in a wine cellar
 - Champagne bottle adjective
 - Brief time, briefly
 - "Hold on just a ___!"
 - Dry, on a wine bottle label
 - Not sweet, as wine
 - League for L.S.U.
 - Wall St. overseer
 - Short amount of time?
 - See 6-Down
 - Word on a wine label
 - Brief moment in time
 - Like some champagne
 - "Now wait just a ___!"
 - Wall St. enforcer
 - "One ___!"
 - See 58-Down
 - Trig class calculation
 - Trig function
 - Cos's reciprocal
 - Not quite brut
 - Demi-___ (champagne designation)
 - Min. part
 - "Gimme a __"
 - IPO overseer
 - "Hold on a __!"
 - You might ask a waiter to give you one
 - Clock tick, briefly
 - "Just a __!"
 - Blink of an eye, briefly
 - Min. division
 - Investor protection org.
 - Christopher Cox's org.
 - Dry in a cellar
 - Blink of an eye, for short
 - Dry, on wine labels
 - ''Just a __!''
 - Wine specification
 - Fairly dry
 - Part of a minute: Abbr.
 - Short time, for short
 - Tiny time
 - Govt. agency since '34
 - Wine designation
 - ''Hold on a ___!''
 - "Hang on a ___!"
 - "Just a ___" ("hold on")
 - "Gimme a ___"
 - ''Just a ___!''
 - Not as dry as brut
 - Wine adjective
 - ''Hold on just a ___!''
 - Big Board overseer, briefly
 - Wink of an eye
 - Champagne word
 - Like Chablis
 - "Hold on just a ___"
 - Dry, on a wine label
 - Division for a min.
 - Market watcher, briefly
 - Vintner's word
 - Like moderately dry champagne
 - Bit of a min.
 - Brief moment?
 - Wall St. police
 - Like Chianti and Chablis
 - Dry, as in wine
 - Triple ___ (liqueur)
 - Champagne adjective
 - Twinkling of an eye, say
 - Min part
 - NYSE watchdog
 - Small part of an hr.
 - You might ask a waiter to give you one?
 - Org. that oversees trades
 - Heartbeat
 - Dry, to a vintner
 - Auburn's conf.
 - Min. fraction
 - NYSE overseer
 - Wine-label word
 - Triple --- (orange liqueur)
 - Champagne choice
 - Sweeter than brut
 - Fraction of a deg.
 - Small amount of time?
 - Triple ___ (liqueur)
 - Wall St. monitor
 - Brief moment, briefly
 - Moment
 - Market-watching org.that missed Madoff
 - You may be asked to hold on for one
 - League for LSU
 - Agcy. active during the credit crisis
 - Short time to wait
 - Brief bit
 - Blanchett of 'The Aviator'
 - Moderately dry
 - Moment, for short
 - Fraction of 3-Down
 - 'Just a ___'
 - 'Just a ___!'
 - 'Wait a ___!'
 - 'Just one ___!'
 - 1/60 min.
 - Minute div.
 - 'Now hold on a ___!'
 - 'Wait just a ___!'
 - Market watchdog, for short
 - Brief time (found in all four theme answers)
 - Short while
 - Triple ___ (liqueur variety)
 - "Hold on for just a ___!"
 - Short time?
 - 'Hold on a ___!'
 - Corp. finance regulator
 - Wall Street watchdog agcy.
 - "Wait just a ___"
 - Dry, for champagne
 - Wait a____
 - "Just one ___!"
 - Just a ___
 - Very dry, as wine
 - Quick moment, quickly
 - Dry, in a way
 - LSU's conference
 - Min. segment
 - Regulatory inits. since 1934
 - Wall Street watchdog org.
 - Brief wait
 - Hr. fraction
 - NYSE watcher
 - Wait a ____
 - Hardly a long time
 - Cabernet word
 - Org. for Bulldogs, Gators and Tigers
 - Wine description
 - Dry, to Dauphine
 - Minute part of a min.
 - "Hold it just a ___"
 - Minute part (Abbr.)
 - Moment (abbr.)
 - "Just a ____" ("Hold on")
 - Wall Street overseer, for short
 - Less than a min.
 - 1/60th of a minute (abbr.)
 - Texas A&M joined it in 2012
 - Champagne label word
 - Min. divided by 60
 - "Be with you in a ___"
 - Less dry than brut
 - Dry, as champagne
 - NYSE regulator
 - Dry, on Champagne bottles
 - NASDAQ regulator
 - Time unit: abbr.
 - Investment Advisers Act enforcer
 - Time unit (abbr.)
 - "Just a ___" ("Wait!")
 - "Just a ___" ("Hold on!")
 - Not even a min.
 - See 13-Down
 - Brief time, in brief
 - Triple ___: liqueur
 - Dry, as in zin
 - Brief time period, briefly
 - Moment, informally
 - "Now hold on a ___!"
 - See 76-Across
 - "In a ___"
 - Word on Chablis labels
 - Sixtieth of a min.
 - Shake or wink
 - Like Zinfandel
 - "Be there in a ___!"
 - Dry, as vermouth
 - Amex overseer
 - Quick time period
 - One tick, briefly
 - Brief interval, briefly
 - Moderately dry, with wines
 - Brief time period
 - Short span, for short
 - With very little sugar, on some labels
 - How long to hold on?
 - Bama's conf.
 - 1/3,600 of an hr.
 - Holding-on period?
 - LSU conference
 - UGA's conf.
 - Financial watchdog, for short
 - Brief moment, for short
 - Cabinet title: Abbr.
 - Wine category
 - "Just a ___!" ("Be there momentarily!")
 - Religious group
 - "Give me just a ___!"
 - Short moment
 - Dry: fr.
 - "Just a ___ ..."
 - Dry, like champagne
 - Champagne descriptor
 - Credit crunch overseer
 - Fraction of a minute: Abbr.
 - -
 - Rather dry
 - Short time to wait, in brief
 - Off. employee
 - Bit of time
 - Part of a minute, for short
 - One of 60 in a min.
 - One-sixtieth of a min.
 - See 5-Down
 - Little bit of time
 - Instant, informally
 - Fleeting moment
 - "Give me a ___"
 - "Just gimme a ___!"
 - Tick or tock
 - NCAA division
 - Wall Street regulatory org.
 - "Gimme one ___"
 - "I'll be there in a ___!"
 - Triple ___: orange-flavored liqueur
 - Pt. of a minute
 - Dry designation
 - "Got a ___?"
 - Brief unit of time: Abbr.
 - 1/3,600th of a deg.
 - "Just wait a ___"
 - Brut-ish?
 - "One ___ …"
 - Moment, briefly
 - Brief bit of time
 - Triple ___ liqueur
 - Min. portion
 - Conference with LSU and Auburn
 - Small time?
 - Length of 24 film frames, briefly
 - Brief moment in time?
 - "Gimme just a ___!"
 
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 - New York Times - August 11, 2025
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 - USA Today - March 31, 2025
 - LA Times - March 24, 2025
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 - LA Times - March 12, 2025
 - New York Times - March 09, 2025
 
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