Clues for the word "DELE"
We've had 218 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 579 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on December 02, 2025.
Definition of dele
- imperative sing. - Erase; remove; -- a direction to cancel something which has been put in type; usually expressed by a peculiar form of d, thus: /.
- v. t. - To erase; to cancel; to delete; to mark for omission.
- v. t. - To deal; to divide; to distribute.
Referring Clues
- Remove, in editing
- Strike out
- Red-pencil
- Remove from a manuscript
- Take out
- Drop
- Strike
- Take out of context?
- Strike out, as text
- Expunge
- Take-out order?
- Take-out sign
- Typographer's strike
- Expunge, as text
- Stet's opposite
- Remove, to a typesetter
- Proofreader's sign
- Strike from a manuscript
- Proofer's mark
- Editor's strikeout
- Strike out, to a typesetter
- Remove, as text
- Get out
- Strike mark
- Proofreader's mark
- Takeout sign?
- Editor's mark
- Editor's removal mark
- Remove from the manuscript
- Manuscript marking
- Editorial strike-out
- Remove
- Editor's excision
- Edit out
- Editor's strike-out
- Take from the text
- Mark of omission
- Remove from copy
- Editor's "strike-out"
- Proofreader's recommendation
- Takeout sign
- Take out, in editing
- Strike, to an editor
- Printer's direction
- Remove from print
- "Pull it," in proofreading
- Remove, to a proofreader
- Editor's "take it out"
- Take out, editorially
- Galley mark
- Mark for removal
- Scratch mark?
- Mark on a manuscript
- Blue-pencil, maybe
- Cut
- "Get rid of it," to a proofreader
- Editing mark
- Proofing mark
- To-go order?
- Bit of editing marginalia
- A stet cancels it
- Remove from text
- Editorial marking
- Removal indication
- Editor's "remove"
- Strikeout mark
- Remove, to an editor
- Editor's elimination
- Take-out order
- Takeout order
- Opposite of stet
- "Take this out," in proofreading
- Order out?
- "Pull it," in proofreading
- Expurgate, editorially
- Editor's direction
- X out
- Proofreader's notation, perhaps
- Takeout order?
- Strike-out notation
- Expunge in print
- Proofreader's marking
- Printer's notation
- Remove text
- Word often written in red
- "Drop this," editorially
- Takeout for an editor?
- Text-removal directive
- Take out of the text
- Copy editor's note, perhaps
- Drop a letter?
- Copy editor's note
- Get out of a sentence?
- "Take this out," in proofreading
- Paper cut?
- Order take-out?
- Mark on a ms.
- Editor's "remove"
- Editor's nix
- Editorial excision
- Proofing scribble
- Editor's "strike"
- Computer key
- PC key
- Drop a line?
- Text-removal mark
- Text formal remark
- Text-removal mark
- Proofreader's "strike"
- Removal mark
- "Get rid of it," in a manuscript
- Opposite of 'stet'
- Remove from the text
- Take a letter?
- Take out of a text
- Strike from the text
- Kill off a character?
- Nixing mark
- Strike out while editing
- 'Take this out' mark
- Remove, as a typo
- Opposite of 69-Across
- Take out of the manuscript
- Cut out
- Put a line through, maybe
- Proofreading notation
- Editorial mark
- Proofreader's "omit this"
- Take-out order? (4)
- Copy editor's mark
- Mark of rejection
- Proofreading mark
- Proofer's directive
- "Remove," to a typesetter
- Remove an erratum
- Expunge from a manuscript
- "Out," to an editor
- Editor's option
- Get out of the line
- Remove, before printing
- Eliminate
- Proof mark
- Editor's "take out"
- Editor's prerogative
- Take out editorially
- "Out" to an editor
- Cut copy
- Opposite of 83-Across
- Proofreader's instruction
- Editor's notation, sometimes
- Drop, to an editor
- Editor's "remove it"
- Take out, to an editor
- Editorial command
- Drop by order of an editor
- Bit of editing marginalia, sometimes
- What a stet cancels
- Removal mark of editors
- Proofreader's notation
- Mark for omission
- Certain editor's mark
- Strike order?
- Printer's term
- Manuscript mark
- Cancel
- Take out, as text
- Strike from copy
- Strike out, editorially
- Cross out, in proofreader-speak
- "Take it out"
- Strike out, in proofing
- Marginal direction?
- Proofing notation
- Copyreading instruction
- Remove, in printing
- Proofreading symbol
- What "stet" might countermand
- "Get rid of this," to proofreaders
- Takeout order?
- Editor's "cut it"
- Editor's notation
- Printing term
- Cut, editorially
- Proofreader's "drop this"
- Editorial removal
- Take-out order?
- "Remove," in proofreading
- Strike from print
- "Take this out," in editing
- Marginal mark
- Remove, as from print
- Editor's order
- Stet U-turn
- Drop, in editing
- Strike out, as copy
- Editor's "Out"
- Marginal mark, sometimes
- Sign of elimination
- Blue-pencil
- Mark for excision
- Direction undone by "stet"
- Editor's "cut it out"
- Editor's "scratch this"
- Proofreader's instruction that can be removed from 17-, 37- or 59-Across to reveal a real phrase
- Take out of text
- Indicator that a sentence is too wordy, perhaps
- Erase
- Removal instruction
- Editor's comment
- Strike at a newspaper office?
- Editor's "Lose it"
- Strike from print copy
- Pressroom word
- "Drop it," editorially
- Editor's "cut it"
- Term used by a shortening editor
- Editor's "Lose this"
- Proof symbol
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - December 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 03, 2025
- New York Times - October 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 03, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - July 27, 2025
- Mirror Mini - July 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 04, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 18, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 28, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 04, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 22, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - December 22, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 05, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 14, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 03, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 12, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 22, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 20, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 11, 2024
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