Staff symbol

The answer

NOTE

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

Used 26 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. 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.

• CLEF (80 uses in xd)
• REST (23 uses in xd)
• GCLEF (21 uses in xd)
• CCLEF (9 uses in xd)
• SHARP (9 uses in xd)

Other clues for NOTE

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

• Memo - used 114 times, most recently in 2025
• Observe - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Short letter - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Memorandum - used 42 times, most recently in 2022
• Jot down - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Brief letter - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Short message - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Written reminder - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Musical symbol - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Staff member? - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Eminence. - used 24 times, most recently in 2013
• Make mention of - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Quick message - used 21 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Staff member - AIDE, used 83 times
• Staff symbol - CLEF, used 80 times
• Corporate symbol - LOGO, used 77 times
• Musical symbol - CLEF, used 73 times
• Staff leader? - CLEF, used 62 times
• Egyptian symbol of life - ANKH, used 60 times

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