Proofer's find
The crossword clue "Proofer's find" is answered by TYPO, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TYPO
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TYPO answer page.
Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 5 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.
- MISPRINT (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TYPO
Every other clue in this collection answered by TYPO, most used first.
- Keyboard goof - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Clerical error - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
- Autocorrect target - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Misprint - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Proofreader's find - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Keyboarding mistake - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Printed mistake - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Proof goof - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Proofreader's catch - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Glitch in print - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Editor's catch - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Erratum - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Key mistake? - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Keyboard error - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Printing error - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Secretary's error - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Copyeditor's catch - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Keyboarding error - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Printing error, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Tit for tat, maybe - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Hard to find - RARE, used 196 times
- Come __; find - UPON, used 46 times
- Try to find - SEEK, used 46 times
- Find fault - CARP, used 39 times
- Very hard to find - RARE, used 31 times
- Mine find - LODE, used 30 times
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