Cleans up, in a way
The crossword clue "Cleans up, in a way" is answered by EDITS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
EDITS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EDITS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SCAVENGES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for EDITS
Every other clue in this collection answered by EDITS, most used first.
- Blue-pencils - used 42 times, most recently in 2016
- Revises - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Redacts - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Cuts and pastes - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Prepares for publication - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Fixes copy - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Corrects copy - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Polishes prose - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Reviews and corrects - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Revisions - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Tends texts - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Works on copy - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Changes one's story - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Makes a long story short? - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Manuscript changes - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Prepares for print - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Revises for publication - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Rewrites - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Uses a blue pencil - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
- Does book work - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Emends - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Checks for typos - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Cuts and splices - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Polishes for publication - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Prepares copy - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Prepares for press - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Touches up - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- In any way - ATALL, used 185 times
- Way to go - ROUTE, used 139 times
- Out of the way - ASIDE, used 138 times
- "In what way?" - HOWSO, used 66 times
- One way to read - ALOUD, used 57 times
- Rub the wrong way - CHAFE, used 55 times
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