Answer:

edits

AnswerCrossword Clue
EDITSBlue-pencils
EDITSPlies a blue pencil
EDITSPrepares for publication
EDITSPolishes prose
EDITSRedacts
EDITSWorks on copy
EDITSCuts and splices
EDITSMakes use of a blue pencil
EDITSRevises
EDITSUses a blue pencil
EDITSDoctors colons, say?
EDITSDocument changes that may be reverted
EDITSCuts a few hundred words, say
EDITSFixes, as typso
EDITSWorks on writing
EDITSTends texts
EDITSRefines, in a way
EDITSChanges text
EDITSFilm cuts
EDITSDoes postproduction work
EDITSGets People in shape
EDITSWorks on columns
EDITSMakes fit, say
EDITSCleans up a galley
EDITSRevises text
EDITSDoes publishing work
EDITSTrims the fat from, in a way
EDITSCuts, e.g.
EDITSMakes a long story short?
EDITSCuts and pastes, say
EDITSCuts, say
EDITSPuts in a good word?
EDITSPrepares for print
EDITSWorks on words
EDITSCuts and pastes
EDITSFixes a manuscript
EDITSPrepares for press
EDITSWields a blue pencil
EDITSShortens a Life sentence?
EDITSFixes an article