Prepares for publication
The crossword clue "Prepares for publication" is answered by EDITS, a 5-letter entry. Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
EDITS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EDITS answer page.
Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 9 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.
- TYPESETS (3 uses in xd)
- COPYEDITS (1 uses in xd)
- TYPESUP (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
- 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
- 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.
- Free-for-all - MELEE, used 223 times
- Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
- For all to hear - ALOUD, used 121 times
- Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
- Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
- For the birds? - AVIAN, used 103 times
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