Editor's insertion mark

The answer

CARET

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CARET answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for CARET

Every other clue in this collection answered by CARET, most used first.

• Insertion mark - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
• Proofreader's mark - used 53 times, most recently in 2025
• Insertion symbol - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Insertion sign - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Editor's mark - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Insertion indicator - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Inverted V - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Insert mark - used 11 times, most recently in 2006
• Printer's mark - used 10 times, most recently in 2003
• Proof mark - used 10 times, most recently in 1996
• Proofreading mark - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
• Wedge-shaped mark - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Addition symbol - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Galley mark - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Proofreading symbol - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Addition sign? - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Editing mark - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Proofreader's symbol - used 6 times, most recently in 2008

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Diacritical mark - TILDE, used 69 times
• Off the mark - AMISS, used 39 times
• Punctuation mark - COLON, used 36 times
• Punctuation mark - COMMA, used 33 times
• Easy mark - PATSY, used 26 times
• Tally mark - NOTCH, used 22 times

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