The Clue
Cut for a column (4 letter answer)
The Answer
EDIT
Tags
Notes
The answer EDIT is very common and appears about once every 36 puzzles.
Related Clues
Polish
Redact
Revise
Rework
Add and dele
Better papers?
Blue-pencil
Check copy
Correct copy
Cut and paste
Cut and splice
Exchange words?
Expunge, with "out"
Kind of menu
Make the cut?
Mark up
Pare, say
Polish, as text
Prepare copy
Ready for publication
Revise a manuscript
Revision, informally
Tinker with, in a way
Trim to fit
Work on copy
Work on galleys
Cut and paste, e.g.
Do newspaper work
Emulate Maxwell Perkins
Exchange some words?
Go over proofs
Make the copy right
Make shorter, say
Man the city desk
Move text around
Switch lines, say?
Time manager's directive?
Trim to fit, maybe
What diaskeuasts do
Assemble a final film print
Perform copy desk work
Take out or put in, e.g.
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"