The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STENO
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More clues leading to the result STENO
- American shorthand fast enough? Not entirely
- Notes may have been rendered in this
- Old-fashioned secretary taking various notes
- One scribbling notes
- One making notes
- Stone thrown by scribe
- Shot on set, one worked for a dictator, perhaps
- Dictation taker’s scattered notes
- In short, he takes down a dictator’s notes — perhaps notes wrongly
- Someone modest enough to accept a dictator as boss
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The straight part
We know that "Dictation taker" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case dictation taker = steno.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does STENO mean?
STENO noun- A stenographer, someone whose job is to take dictation in shorthand
- Stenography