Related Clues:

• Cut out the boring scenes
• Work on proofs
• Revise, as copy
• Fix a manuscript
• Exchange words?
• Tweak, say
• Wield a blue pencil
• Polish, as writing
• Made typo-free, e.g.
• Cut features, e.g.
• Correct, as copy
• Clean up, as a manuscript
• Chop copy, e.g.
• Cut for a column, say
• Wield the blue pencil