The Clue
Act the diaskeuast (4 letter answer)
The Answer
EDIT
Tags
Notes
The answer EDIT is very common and appears about once every 36 puzzles.
Related Clues
Redact
Rephrase
Revise
Rewrite
Amend a text
Blue-pencil
Bowdlerize, e.g.
Change, as text
Correct copy
Correct texts
Cut for a column
Emulate Greeley
Exchange words?
Make revisions
Mince words?
Polish language
Revise copy
Revise a manuscript
Revision, informally
Serve Time?
Shorten, say
Shorten, in a way
Tailor a tale
Tighten prose
Touch up
Work on MSS.
Work on People
Do newspaper work
Do newsroom work
Emulate Robert Giroux
Give Life support?
Go to work on Time?
Make the copy right
Trim to fit, maybe
Tweak some text
Use a blue pencil
What diaskeuasts do
Make a long story short?
Get a new film into shape
Definition
EDIT as a verb:
1. (edit, redact) = prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"
2. supervise the publication of; "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years"
3. (edit, cut, edit out) = cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape"
4. (edit, blue-pencil, delete) = cut or eliminate; "she edited the juiciest scenes"