Preserve, as in Word (4)
I believe the answer is:
save
(Other definitions for save that I've seen before include "Be economical" , "Apart from" , "Keep" , "Rescue - except" , "what prevents a goal" .)
I've seen this clue in the Universal and The Washington Post Sunday.
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