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The Clue
Retaining instructions (5 letter answer)
The Answer
STETS
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Notes
The answer STETS is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.
Related Clues
Keeps
Keeps in
Reinstates
Retains
Bits of marginalia
Cancels the dele
Cancels a deletion
Changes back
Chooses to leave
Correction corrections
Countermands a deletion
Cues for typesetters
Dele undoers
Deles a dele
Deletion undoers
Editors' marks
Galley commands
Galley notations
Galley words
Instructions to a printer
Keeps, in a way
Leaves alone
Leaves in, editorially
Lets stand
Manuscript marks
MS. words
Printers' directions
Printers' marks
Printers' orders
Proofreaders' directions
Proofreaders' marks
Proofreaders' words
Proofreading marks
Puts back
Puts back in
Restores to copy
Restores, in a way
"Keep it in" notations
Keeps in print, in a way
Leaves alone, in a way
Leaves in, in a way
Doesn't strike out in the end
Editorial instructions
"Let it stand" notations
"Let it stand" orders
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)