The Clue
Desk job of a sort (7 letter answer)
The Answer
EDITING
Tags
Notes
The answer EDITING is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1500 puzzles.
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Definition
EDITING as a noun:
1. (editing, redaction) = putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form
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"