The Clue
Polish copy (4 letter answer)
The Answer
EDIT
Tags
Notes
The answer EDIT is very common and appears about once every 36 puzzles.
Related Clues
Correct
Redact
Revise
Rewrite
Abridge, maybe
Amend a text
Assist a writer
Blue-pencil
Change the text
Cut, maybe
Cut and paste
Delete, with "out"
Do rewrites
Exchange words?
Handle text
Polish, as text
Prepare copy
Prepare for publication
Rearrange, say
Redo, as text
Returning tide?
Revise copy
Revise a manuscript
Tailor a tale
Tweak, say
Work on copy
Work on galleys
Computer menu option
Computer text function
Cut and paste, e.g.
Cut and paste, say
Do a magazine job
Do newsroom work
Emulate Edward Bok
Emulate Norman Cousins
Emulate Robert Giroux
Exchange some words?
Make the copy right
Make shorter, say
Man the city desk
Touch up, in a way
Use a word processor, maybe
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"