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The Clue

Proofreader's order (4 letter answer)

The Answer

STET

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Notes

The answer STET is very common and appears about once every 43 puzzles.

Related Clues

"Keep as is"
Reinstate
Alteration canceler
Dele undoer
Dele's antithesis
Directive to a printer
Don't dele
Editor's notation
Editor's note
Editor's word
"Keep this"
Leave be
Leave in, to an editor
Leave in, as text
Manuscript annotation
Margin notation
Marginal mark
Mark of reconsideration
MS. mark
Nullify a deletion
Opposite of dele
Printer's direction
Printer's directive
Printer's mark
Printing direction
Printing word
Proof word
Proofreader's direction
Proofreader's mark
Proofreader's word
Retain, in a way
Symbol in proofreading
Typesetter's cue
Undo a dele
"Undo" mark
"Leave it," to a typesetter
Leave without changing
Let it stand
"Never mind" to an editor
Proofreader's "leave it"
Put back, in a way
What "........" means to a typesetter
Word on a galley proof
Let stand, in editorial parlance
Literally, let it stand

Definition

STET as a verb:

1. printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
2. printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative)