Remove from a manuscript

The answer

DELE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DELE answer page.

Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• EDITOUT (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for DELE

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

• Take out - used 75 times, most recently in 2016
• Strike out - used 68 times, most recently in 2024
• Take-out order? - used 41 times, most recently in 2024
• Takeout order? - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Editor's mark - used 27 times, most recently in 2019
• Editing mark - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Proofreader's mark - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Cancel. - used 23 times, most recently in 1999
• Remove - used 22 times, most recently in 2021
• Stet's opposite - used 18 times, most recently in 2008
• Cross out. - used 17 times, most recently in 1993
• Editor's excision - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• Mark for removal - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Edit out - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Expunge - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
• "Pull it," in proofreading - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
• Editorial strike-out - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Editor's removal mark - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Erase - used 8 times, most recently in 1997
• Proofing mark - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Remove, to an editor - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Strike - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• "Out," to an editor - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Printer's direction - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Galley mark - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Nixing mark - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Opposite of stet - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Proof mark - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Proofreader's notation - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Remove from text - used 6 times, most recently in 2005

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.

• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
• From square one - ANEW, used 181 times
• From scratch - ANEW, used 138 times
• "Take ___ from me" - ATIP, used 126 times
• From a distance - AFAR, used 117 times

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