The Clue
Mark one's words? (4 letter answer)
The Answer
EDIT
Tags
Notes
The answer EDIT is very common and appears about once every 36 puzzles.
Related Clues
Alter
Correct
Emend
Redact
Revise
Rewrite
Blue-pencil
Change the wording of
Clean rags?
Correct, in a way
Cut and paste
Fix copy
Handle copy
Kind of menu
Make the cut?
Mince words?
Polish puzzles
Prepare for printing
Prepare for publication
Revise a manuscript
Shorten, in a way
Splice kinescopes
Tighten, possibly
Touch up
Trim, as text
Work on galleys
Emulate Edward Bok
Emulate Horace Greeley
Emulate Robert Giroux
Fine-tune, as a script
Make the copy right
Microsoft Word option
Smooth out copy
Work for Hearst, e.g.
Perform copy desk work
Take out or put in, e.g.
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"