The Clue
Corrects copy (5 letter answer)
The Answer
EDITS
Tags
Notes
The answer EDITS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.
Related Clues
Copyreads
Emends
Redacts
Revises
Revisions
Rewrites
Blue-pencils
Cuts and pastes
Cuts and splices
Emulates Greeley
Magazine jobs
Makes the cut?
___ out (deletes)
Plays the diaskeuast
Polishes, as copy
Prepares copy
Prunes, in a way
Readies for publication
Shortens, maybe
Switches around
Trims for a deadline
Works on copy
Works on galleys
Adds and/or subtracts
Adds or deletes text
Changes a Life sentence
Cleans up, in a way
Does news work
Emulates Maxwell Perkins
Emulates Robert Giroux
Tightens a piece, say
Works on authors' works
Works in the cutting room
Cuts and splices film, e.g.
Emulates Charles Dudley Warner
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"