Possible Clues:

• Washed and pressed
• Cleaned
• Boy touring south of Spain cleaned up
• Cleaned up and ironed out three articles from three countries linked to writer
• Cleaned up three articles from three countries using blue pencil
• Like criminals' cash to be short — lead off about it
• Cleaned up foreign article covered by editor
• As corollary, journalist over American city dealt with clothes or money
• Washed less than enthusiastically initially in youth
• Boy hiding below table finally gets washed etc.