Related Clues:

• Drop, in editing
• Strike out, as copy
• Editor's ''Out''
• Marginal mark, sometimes
• Sign of elimination
• Editor's "cut it out"
• Editor's "scratch this"
• Proofreader's instruction that can be removed from 17-, 37- or 59-Across to reveal a real phrase
• Indicator that a sentence is too wordy, perhaps
• Removal instruction
• Strike at a newspaper office?
• Editor's 'Lose it'
• Editor's "Lose it"
• Strike from print copy
• Strike from a text