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The Name For This Typographical Mark Often Used To Mark Footnotes Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is OBELUS which was last seen in the New York Times Mini crossword.
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noun

• A symbol resembling a horizontal line (–), sometimes together with one or two dots (for example, ⨪ or ÷), which was used in ancient manuscripts and texts to mark a word or passage as doubtful or spurious, or redundant; an obelisk.

• A dagger symbol (†), which is used in printed matter as a reference mark to refer the reader to a footnote, marginal note, etc.; beside a person's name to indicate that the person is deceased; or beside a date to indicate that it is a person's death date; an obelisk.

32%9 A typographical mark that is often confused with a forward slash
noun

• The punctuation mark \.

• Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.

verb

• To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.

31%5 A typographical mark that is used to separate parts of a sentence.
noun

• a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence

• anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing

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