Like old records

The answer

MONO

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

Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 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.

• GROOVED (1 uses in xd)
• MONAURAL (1 uses in xd)
• SCRATCHY (1 uses in xd)
• VINYL (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for MONO

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

• Not stereo - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Stereo alternative - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• "The kissing disease" - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Stereo forerunner - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Stereo precursor - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Stereo predecessor - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Part of MSG - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Pre-stereo - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Prefix meaning "one" - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Single-channel - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Single: Prefix. - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• One-track - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Like old recordings - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Like pre-stereo sound - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Like early LPs - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Numerical prefix. - used 9 times, most recently in 2001
• The "M" in MSG - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• A third of tri- - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Like old LPs - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• One-third of tri- - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Plane or rail variety - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• "The kissing disease," for short - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Uni- relative - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Pre-stereo sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Prefix like uni- - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• The "M" of MSG - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

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• Fly like an eagle - SOAR, used 141 times
• Old oath - EGAD, used 105 times
• Like some vaccines - ORAL, used 103 times
• Like fine wine - AGED, used 99 times
• Sleep like ___ - ALOG, used 96 times

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