The Clue
Add or delete, say (4 letter answer)
The Answer
EDIT
Tags
Notes
The answer EDIT is very common and appears about once every 36 puzzles.
Related Clues
Alter
Copyread
Correct
Emend
Revise
Rewrite
Blue-pencil
Check for typos, etc.
Clean rags?
Correct copy
Cut from a film
Cut and paste
Do rewrites
Emulate Greeley
Mark up
Mince words?
Polish, in a way
Prepare for publication
Ready for print
Returning tide?
Rework, as copy
Supervise, as a journalist
Tinker with, in a way
Touch up
Work on copy
Work on galleys
Work in the media
Cut and paste, say
Do a magazine job
Do magazine work
Do newsroom work
Do a redacting job
Emulate Robert Giroux
Exchange some words?
Get to work on Time?
Move text around
Reduce a sentence, perhaps
Work over Time
Do copy-desk work
Do some copy work
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"