Like pre-stereo sound

The answer

MONO

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

Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Like old records - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
• 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 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.

• Canyon sound - ECHO, used 202 times
• Like ___ of bricks - ATON, used 201 times
• Throat-clearing sound - AHEM, used 180 times
• Pre-owned - USED, used 145 times
• Fly like an eagle - SOAR, used 141 times
• Scissors sound - SNIP, used 135 times

Search the clue collection

Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.