Proofreader's mark

The answer

STET

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

Used 37 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 10 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.

• CARET (53 uses in xd)
• DELE (26 uses in xd)
• ITAL (3 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
• 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 "never mind" - 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.

• Lasting mark - SCAR, used 144 times
• Misses the mark - ERRS, used 55 times
• Mark. - SCAR, used 39 times
• Mark for life - SCAR, used 39 times
• Mark Harmon TV series - NCIS, used 31 times
• Beauty mark - MOLE, used 30 times

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