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The answer

STET

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

Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 1988; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Proofer's mark - used 19 times, most recently in 2017
• 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
• "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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• Division word - INTO, used 273 times
• Word-of-mouth - ORAL, used 184 times
• Choice word - ELSE, used 147 times
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