Proofer's mark

The answer

STET

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

Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1997. 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.

• DELE (5 uses in xd)
• CARET (1 uses in xd)
• ITAL (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for STET

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

• Let it stand - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
• Undo a dele - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
• Editor's mark - used 62 times, most recently in 2025
• Dele undoer - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Editor's notation - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Proofreader's mark - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Leave in - used 34 times, most recently in 2024
• Printer's term. - used 30 times, most recently in 2012
• Editor's override - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Printer's direction - used 27 times, most recently in 2006
• Editor's "keep it" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Leave in, to an editor - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Proofreader's notation - used 23 times, most recently in 2017
• Printing term. - used 22 times, most recently in 1997
• Editor's "leave it" - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Editor's "never mind" - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Proofreader's word - used 21 times, most recently in 2007
• Cancel a dele - used 20 times, most recently in 2011
• Editor's "leave it in" - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Galley notation - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Proofreading mark - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Editor's note - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Proofing note - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Editorial notation - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Manuscript marking - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
• Opposite of dele - used 18 times, most recently in 2006
• Dele's opposite - used 17 times, most recently in 2008
• Printing direction - used 17 times, most recently in 2014
• "Don't change!" to a printer - used 16 times, most recently in 2014
• Don't dele - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Editor's "Let it stand" - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Galley mark - used 15 times, most recently in 2016
• Galley marking - used 15 times, most recently in 2010
• "Leave as is" - used 15 times, most recently in 2014
• Proofing mark - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Proofreader's direction - used 14 times, most recently in 2016
• Proofreader's save - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• "It's OK after all" in editing - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Printer's mark - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• Editorial override - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "Leave it in," editorially - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Manuscript mark - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Editor's "let it be" - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• "Leave it in" - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• "Let it stand," to an editor - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Proof word - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Word on a proof - used 11 times, most recently in 1988
• "Do not change," to an editor - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• "Don't change this!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Editor's veto - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Leave in after all - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• "Never mind," to an editor - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Printing word - used 10 times, most recently in 1976
• Editor's direction - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Galley word - used 9 times, most recently in 1990
• Keep in - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• "Keep it" notation - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Leave in, as text - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Margin marking - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "Don't expunge that!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Editor's "don't delete" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Editorial mark - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Galley order - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• "Leave it" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Let it be - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Let stand - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
• Printer's word. - used 8 times, most recently in 1972
• Proofreader's note - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Don't change it" - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• "Don't delete this" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Editor's word - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• "Keep it" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Leave be - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Leave in, editorially - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Leave in," to a proofreader - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Margin mark - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• "Never mind!" notation - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Printing directive - used 7 times, most recently in 2001
• Proof mark - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Proofer's retraction - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Proofreader's "leave it" - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Proofreader's "leave it in" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Editor's order - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• "Leave it in" mark - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• "Leave it in," to a proofreader - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "Leave it," to a proofreader - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Leave text as is - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Leave text in - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Marginal notation - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Proofreader's marking - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Proofreader's "never mind" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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