Makes a long story short?
The crossword clue "Makes a long story short?" is answered by EDITS, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
EDITS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EDITS answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- 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
- Cleans up, in a way - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- 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.
- Suspect's story - ALIBI, used 128 times
- Top story - ATTIC, used 108 times
- Long (for) - YEARN, used 99 times
- Cover story - ALIBI, used 97 times
- Long stories - SAGAS, used 95 times
- Long look - STARE, used 89 times
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