The Clue
Do some cutting, maybe (4 letter answer)
The Answer
EDIT
Tags
Notes
The answer EDIT is very common and appears about once every 36 puzzles.
Related Clues
Emend
Polish
Redact
Revise
Rework
Act the diaskeuast
Alter pieces?
Amend a text
An anagram for diet
Blue-pencil
Bowdlerize, with "out"
Check texts
Clean copy?
Cut, as film
Emend a manuscript
Emulate Fadiman
Emulate Mencken
Fix, as copy
Make revisions
Mince words?
Pare, say
Polish copy
Polish prose
Polish puzzles
Prepare for printing
Prepare for publication
Ready for publication
Ready for release
Returning tide?
Revise and correct
Rework, as copy
Rework a document
Shorten, say
Tighten, possibly
Tighten prose
Trim, as text
Work on galleys
Computer menu option
Cut and paste, say
Do magazine work
Emulate Maxwell Perkins
Fine-tune, as a script
Make shorter, say
Put in or take out
Review a review, say
Do desk work at a newspaper
Do some paper work
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"