"___ LOCK" (KEY HIT BEFORE THIS CLUE WAS WRITTEN) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CAPS "___ LOCK" (KEY HIT BEFORE THIS CLUE WAS WRITTEN) (4) The Atlantic Sep 1, 2025
6% INBOLD How key text might be written (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 23, 2026
6% TAB Key above Caps Lock (3)
6% DELETE Hit the backspace key, say (6)
6% SHIFT Key below Caps Lock (5) Universal Dec 10, 2025
5% KEY Lock opener (3) Commuter Feb 23, 2026
5% ALT PC key often hit with "Ctrl" and "Del" (3)
5% TONAL With a key (5) Newsday Feb 21, 2026
5% TWO This clue number (3) New York Times Mini Feb 21, 2026
5% SET Locked in (3) Wall Street Journal Feb 17, 2026

Last appeared together with the following clues in Atlantic puzzle

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