Object

• letter: In the down clues the solution is given correctly spelled, also with its misprinted letter highlighted.

• clue: In the notes below the correct word for a misprinted clue is given in the bracketed explanation.

• gene: At present there are is no way of fixing misprinted genes.

Converse of object

• contain: The subtitle of the article appears to contain a slight misprint.

• have: My first booklet had 28 major misprints which is pretty good going for sixteen pages.

• correct: Side remark: He has not even corrected the misprint I pointed out.

• spot: I spotted few misprints, tho Maud Gleason's name is twice misspelt on p. 12.

• find: As a minor caveat I did find numerous misprints in the book, some of which were material errors.

Adjective modifier

• obvious: The stylistic peculiarities of the original have been retained, but obvious misprints corrected.

• few: I have come across a few misprints, miraculously few in a book of this size, and completely trivial.

• other: The reason I am writing is to pose the question if there are other misprints of which we are unaware?

• numerous: The main instance of the latter is the 1990 Joint Session paper, regrettably part of a volume which contains numerous misprints throughout.

• major: My first booklet had 28 major misprints which is pretty good going for sixteen pages.

Preposition: in

• gene: Albinism is caused by a misprint in a child's genes.

• alphabet: If both copies of a gene have a misprint in the chemical alphabet then a small part of the body may not work correctly.

• newspaper: I had Robbie Paul on the phone to see if there was a misprint in the newspapers!

• title: We suspect there to be a misprint in the title of the recent SLF pamphlet Access without Acrimony.

• copy: Now these children only need a single further misprint in the other copy of the gene to develop a retinoblastoma.