Punctuation mark - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'punctuation mark' is the definition.
(I know that slash is a type of punctuation mark)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for slash that I've seen before include "Cut crudely" , "Reduce (a price) greatly" , "Legendary guitarist" , "rent" , "Drastically prune" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, The Irish Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Times, The Star Tribune, the Penny Press, The Mirror, The Guardian, The Sun, the Evening Standard and The Telegraph.

'punctuation mark' is the definition.
(I know that colon is a type of punctuation mark)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for colon that I've seen before include ": - bit of the gut" , "Start of one canal" , "Punctuate part of the large intestine" , "Part of intestines" , "cash" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, The Irish Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Times, The Star Tribune, the Penny Press, The Mirror, The Guardian, The Sun, the Evening Standard and The Telegraph.

'punctuation mark' is the definition.
(I know that point is a type of punctuation mark)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for point that I've seen before include "Crux" , "Dot; fielding position" , "subject and > aim: > head" , "how to repair masonry" , "rocks?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, The Irish Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Times, The Star Tribune, the Penny Press, The Mirror, The Guardian, The Sun, the Evening Standard and The Telegraph.

(Other definitions for caret that I've seen before include "Symbol to show something is to be inserted" , "It shows what to put in" , "Proofreading sign for 'Insert'" , "Upward arrow mark" , "Particular mark" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, The Irish Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Times, The Star Tribune, the Penny Press, The Mirror, The Guardian, The Sun, the Evening Standard and The Telegraph.

'punctuation mark' is the definition.
(apostrophe is a kind of punctuation mark)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for apostrophe that I've seen before include "detail of punctuation" , "Mark in exam's" , "address?" , "Mark showing omission of letters" , "greengrocer abuses it!)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail, The Independent, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Times, The Mirror and The Guardian.

'punctuation mark' is the definition.
(I know that semicolon is a type of punctuation mark)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for semicolon that I've seen before include "half a stop" , "Punctuation mark denoting a pause in a sentence" , "Joiner" , "can cut sentence" , "used by writers for a break" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Times, The Mirror, The Guardian and the Evening Standard.

'punctuation mark' is the definition.
(hyphen is a kind of punctuation mark)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for hyphen that I've seen before include "It joins two words" , "Dash breaking word" , "Mark between parts of a compound word" , "Punctuation mark separating words" , "Sign joining words" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, the Penny Press, The Star Tribune, The Mirror and The Telegraph.

'punctuation mark' is the definition.
(full stop is a kind of punctuation mark)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for full stop that I've seen before include "finalised" , "Punctuation mark at end of sentence" , "'Punctuation mark (4,4)'" , "A period in the US!" , "Punctuation mark - period" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

'punctuation mark' is the definition.
(dash is a kind of punctuation mark)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for dash that I've seen before include "Smash - bother! - make a run for it" , "Hurry ("must ____!")" , "Striking" , "Splash of colour" , "If you're smart, you'll cut one" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, The Mirror, The Times and The Star Tribune.

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

Punctuation mark (5)