Proofreading marks

The answer

STETS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STETS answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 4 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.

• CARETS (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for STETS

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

• Undoes a dele - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Cancels a dele - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Leaves in - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Proofreader's marks - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Editors' marks - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Leaves in, editorially - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "Keep it in" notations - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Dele revokers - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Countermands a deletion - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Editor's marks - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Proofreaders' marks - used 6 times, most recently in 2010

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.

• Remove pencil marks - ERASE, used 39 times
• Lasting marks - SCARS, used 27 times
• Beauty marks - MOLES, used 10 times
• Marks for life - SCARS, used 10 times
• Marks. - SCARS, used 9 times
• Proofreading mark - CARET, used 9 times

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