VERB: "to direct retention of (a word or passage previously ordered to be deleted or omitted from a manuscript or printer's proof)" Crossword Clue

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VERB: "to direct retention of (a word or passage previously ordered to be deleted or omitted from a manuscript or printer's proof)" Crossword Answer

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(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)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

RETENTION (noun)
1. the power of retaining and recalling past experience
2. the power of retaining liquid
MANUSCRIPT (noun)
1. handwritten book or document
2. the form of a literary work submitted for publication

Hint 3: Anagram

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More Missing Letter Crossword (4/22/2026) Answers

Across

1. NOUN: "an international treaty"

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9. Light brown shade

10. Any member of Montreal's old MLB team

11. College applicant, usually

13. NOUN: "prominent or significant in size, amount, or degree"

15. Cause of sadness

17. Starter homes?

20. NOUN: "a person who investigates, reports on, and helps settle complaints"

22. NOUN: "the force generated by a person's actions"

23. "Couldn't tell ya," when texting

24. Victory for the underdog

26. NOUN: "a Hindu spring festival"

28. VERB: "to criticize in a pointed or witty manner"

31. One in arrears

32. Bring up throughout childhood

33. VERB: "to run away often from danger or evil"

34. Serving Arthur

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1. Smallest member of the family, often

2. Part of a poker "wheel"

3. NOUN: "a rich custard topped with caramelized sugar"

4. NOUN: "any of various large vigorous scombroid fishes"

5. Gets drunk

6. PLURAL NOUN: "human [hands or feet]"

7. NOUN: "any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia"

8. NOUN: "a small round mark"

14. NOUN: "one who betrays under the guise of friendship"

15. NOUN: "a large bowl-shaped cooking utensil used especially in stir-frying"

16. Grandma, in Graz

18. ADJECTIVE: "very good; excellent"

19. NOUN: "one or more tattoos on a person's body"

21. NOUN: "an official in a sport who rules on plays"

25. Political commentator Klein

26. Where great athletes are admitted, briefly

27. Bird that hoots

29. ADVERB: "not so"

30. TRADEMARK: "used for a series of standardized tests"

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