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300 recorded uses

DateClue
2026-07-16Mince words?
2026-07-13Polish for publishing
2026-06-09Make some alterations
2026-05-25Paper cut?
2026-05-14Cut and paste, e.g.
2026-04-26Touch up text
2026-04-23Go over for publication
2026-02-26Make some alterations
2026-01-31Menu bar option
2026-01-30Switch to a shorter line, say
2026-01-12Put in a good word, perhaps?
2026-01-11Computer menu heading
2025-12-31Make some changes
2025-12-01Computer menu heading next to "File"
2025-08-22Button added to iPhone messages in 2022
2025-07-27Have away with words?
2025-06-01Polish language
2025-04-29Rephrase, say
2025-04-24Button added to Apple's Messages app in 2022
2025-03-30Mark one's words?
2024-12-09"To write is human, to ___ is divine": Stephen King
2024-10-26Cut and polish, maybe
2024-09-18Correct type
2024-07-22Get one's story straight?
2024-06-06Cut and paste, e.g.
2024-06-03Revise
2024-05-13Polish before publishing
2024-05-04Make the cut?
2024-03-18Arrange some video clips, e.g.
2024-01-17Toolbar heading
2023-09-13Change the narrative?
2023-08-17Clean up, in a way
2023-06-01Make amendments?
2023-04-17Make less wordy, say
2023-02-16Exchange words?
2023-02-06Computer menu with Undo and Redo
2023-01-01Button added to Twitter in 2022
2022-12-21Modify, as an article
2022-10-27Make amends?
2022-09-19One way to reduce one's sentence?
2022-08-15Work on, as an essay
2022-08-11Replace "i.e." with "e.g.," e.g.
2022-07-27Correct copy
2022-07-21
2022-07-02Add or subtract, say
2022-06-23Make some cuts, perhaps
2022-05-06Sub text, maybe
2022-05-03Trim, as text
2022-04-25Touch up before publication
2022-04-18Menu bar option
2022-02-07Move some text around, say
2021-12-15Make tweaks to
2021-12-08Computer menu heading
2021-11-30Work at a news desk, maybe
2021-11-29Tweak, as text
2021-09-30Copy-right?
2021-09-22Deal with issues at work?
2021-09-16Make amends?
2021-07-12Prep for publication
2021-06-21___ menu (where to find Cut, Copy and Paste)
2021-05-10Make tweaks to
2021-04-27Computer menu bar heading
2021-04-13Remove excess verbiage, e.g.
2021-04-05Heading in a word processing menu
2021-01-17Computer menu with Undo and Redo
2020-12-09Prepare for publishing
2020-11-03Polish before publishing
2020-10-26Revise, as text
2020-09-13Computer menu with Undo and Redo
2020-09-11Right columns?
2020-08-08Toolbar heading
2020-07-13Word between File and View on a menu bar
2020-06-04Polish, in a way
2020-04-25Text massage
2020-02-11Polish before publishing
2019-12-25Menu bar heading
2019-12-09Polish, as text
2019-12-01Make amends?
2019-09-17Change ... one hopes for the better
2019-08-19Prepare to be published
2019-08-13Tend to some p's and q's, say
2019-07-14Tweak, in a way
2019-03-14One of the choices on a computer's 17-Across
2019-02-09Get in the last word?
2019-02-08Mark up, perhaps
2019-02-03Polish up, in a way
2019-01-03Cut down, possibly
2018-12-17Revise copy
2018-11-19Revise, as text
2018-07-19Twist someone's words, say?
2018-07-18Work with a manuscript
2018-07-08Computer menu option
2018-06-04Polish, as prose
2018-04-23Cut and paste text, e.g.
2018-04-16Move text here and there
2018-01-21Computer menu heading
2017-10-30Rearrange, as text
2017-09-06Pare a phrase?
2017-04-02Drop a line, say
2017-03-23Make some changes to
2017-02-14Toolbar heading
2016-07-30Work on a lead, maybe
2016-07-19Polish, as text
2016-06-13Tweak, as text
2016-05-15Correct copy
2016-02-14Change one's story?
2016-02-03Work with 31-Down
2015-09-13PC menu heading
2014-12-08Blue-pencil
2014-09-03Shorten, say
2014-07-20___ menu
2014-06-09Revise, as copy
2014-06-07Cut down to size, maybe
2014-05-22Make a long story short, perhaps
2014-03-05Mark one's words?
2014-03-02Mince words?
2014-02-21Make cuts, say
2014-01-18Exchange some words?
2013-09-25Work on copy
2013-05-19Cut a column, say
2013-04-08Prepare for publication
2012-11-17Strike out, say
2012-10-30Do some paper work
2012-10-19Tighten, possibly
2012-10-13Common menu option
2012-05-02Blue-pencil
2012-04-07Execute a 47-Down, e.g.
2012-03-13Move text around
2012-02-14Tweak some text
2011-12-13Rework a document
2011-11-21Change, as text
2011-10-12Change a sentence, say
2011-08-22Move text around
2011-02-06Take out, maybe
2011-02-03---
2011-01-28Better papers?
2010-12-07Cut and paste, say
2010-10-04Tighten the writin'?
2010-07-14Fine-tune, as a script
2010-04-12Cut and paste, say
2010-04-07Ready for release
2010-04-03Clean rags?
2010-02-15Fix up, as text
2009-12-27Make a long story short?
2009-11-26Time manager's directive?
2009-11-15Revise
2009-11-02Step after "write"
2009-09-20Switch lines, say?
2009-09-18Mark up, perhaps
2009-07-13Blue-pencil
2009-04-01Get copy right
2008-12-05Use a 21-Across, e.g.
2008-08-17Add or delete, say
2008-07-13Cut, say
2008-06-01Alter pieces?
2008-04-07Make the cut?
2008-03-26Cut, maybe
2007-12-13Exchange words?
2007-11-29Touch up, as text
2007-05-25Mark up
2007-05-03PC menu heading
2007-04-26Shorten, say
2007-04-07Salon job, informally
2007-04-01Cut for a column
2007-03-05Trim, as text
2007-02-26Blue-pencil
2006-10-18Blue-pencil
2006-10-04Tweak, say
2006-08-29Trim to fit, maybe
2006-06-27Cut and paste
2006-06-24Clean copy?
2006-06-06Work on after filming
2006-06-05Cut and paste, say
2006-05-29Revise
2006-05-15Rewrite
2006-05-01Blue-pencil
2006-04-13Polish prose
2006-04-09Cut for a column
2006-03-05Get to work on Time?
2006-02-22Polish, as text
2006-01-27Better writing
2005-10-16Make a long story short?
2005-10-13Computer menu option
2005-09-20Blue-pencil
2005-08-30Mince words?
2005-07-10Work on, in a way
2005-06-27Rewrite
2005-06-08Go to work on Time?
2005-05-18Microsoft Word option
2005-04-22Kind of menu
2005-03-16Blue-pencil
2005-01-18Get to work on Time
2004-12-21Cut and paste
2004-12-12Polish
2004-11-22Do newspaper work
2004-10-17Tidy up, in a way
2004-07-25Do some copy work
2004-05-05Revision, informally
2004-04-27Trim to fit, maybe
2004-04-04Rework
2004-01-07Trim to fit, maybe
2004-01-01Shorten, in a way
2003-12-24Do some cutting, maybe
2003-12-17Review a review, say
2003-09-21Tinker with, in a way
2003-08-18Do desk work at a newspaper
2003-08-16Reword
2003-08-11Work for Hearst, e.g.
2003-07-29Make changes to
2003-05-29Do Time?
2003-05-04Make shorter, say
2002-12-29Abridge, maybe
2002-12-02Do magazine work
2002-11-23Cut down, maybe
2002-11-20Polish film, e.g.
2002-11-10Cut and paste, e.g.
2002-10-21Trim, as text
2002-10-16Trim to fit
2002-08-28Prepare to run
2002-08-19Fix, as copy
2002-07-06Polish language
2002-07-04Shorten, say
2002-03-06Cut, as film
2002-02-28Touch up
2001-12-11Ready for print
2001-10-13Correct, in a way
2001-07-04Modify
2001-06-07Reduce a sentence, perhaps
2001-05-31Work in the media
2001-05-23Get to work on Time?
2001-05-15Expunge, with "out"
2001-02-12Blue-pencil
2001-01-17Tinker with, in a way
2000-12-14Rearrange, say
2000-11-03Be a People person?
2000-09-18Rework, as stories
2000-07-29Put in or take out
2000-07-26Rephrase
2000-07-04Assist a writer
2000-02-06Work on People
2000-01-08Rework
1999-11-21Pare, say
1999-10-24Cut and paste
1999-09-09Work in the cutting room
1999-07-06Cut and paste
1999-07-02Better copy
1999-06-25Change the wording of
1999-06-07Rephrase
1999-05-03Not leave alone
1999-05-01Database command
1999-04-07Put in or take out, maybe
1999-03-01Prepare for publication
1998-11-10Blue-pencil
1998-08-19Take out or put in, e.g.
1998-07-30Computer menu option
1998-05-23Do galley work
1998-04-22Use a word processor, maybe
1998-01-27Redo, as text
1998-01-19Rewrite
1997-12-18Serve Time?
1997-12-04Go over proofs
1997-10-19Bowdlerize, with "out"
1997-08-04Touch up, as text
1997-06-28Polish language
1997-06-03Blue-pencil
1997-05-28Handle text
1997-05-11Touch up
1997-04-07Work over Time
1997-03-06Cut, maybe
1997-02-24Perform copy desk work
1997-02-10Do magazine work
1997-02-03Blue-pencil
1997-01-17Give Life support?
1997-01-06Make a change for the verse?
1996-11-10Tinker with, in a way
1996-11-07Touch up, in a way
1996-09-09Cut and paste
1996-08-09Do some film work
1996-05-18Rewrite
1996-02-22Touch up
1996-02-14Revise
1995-11-12Correct copy
1995-10-25Revise
1995-08-22Rework, as copy
1995-07-03Blue-pencil
1995-06-09Shorten, perhaps
1995-01-26Rephrase
1995-01-25Computer text function
1995-01-08Make a long story short
1994-12-14Rework, as a story
1994-11-18Rephrase
1994-11-14Cut-and-paste
1994-11-08Delete, with "out"
1994-11-01Blue-pencil
1994-10-17Fix text
1994-09-28Blue-pencil
1994-09-26Revise copy
1994-09-20Abridge, perhaps
1994-08-27Alter
1994-08-22Revise