The Clue
Dele or rewrite (4 letter answer)
The Answer
EDIT
Tags
Notes
The answer EDIT is very common and appears about once every 36 puzzles.
Related Clues
Emend
Redact
Revise
Rework
Abridge, maybe
Blue-pencil
Bowdlerize, e.g.
Bowdlerize, with "out"
Change a text
Change the wording of
Cut, as film
Cut and paste
Cut, rearrange, etc.
Emulate Greeley
Exchange words?
Fix text
Make emendations
Prepare for publication
Redo, as text
Revise copy
Revise a manuscript
Revision, informally
Rework, as copy
Shorten, perhaps
Trim, as text
Do news work
Do newsroom work
Do some redacting
Emulate Horace Greeley
Emulate Maxwell Perkins
Get to work on Time
Get to work on Time?
Make the copy right
Salon job, informally
Step after "write"
Strike out, say
Time manager's directive?
Touch up, in a way
Trim to fit, maybe
Use a blue pencil
Work for Hearst, e.g.
Make a long story short?
Use a word processor, maybe
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"