| Do paper work | 13 |
| Do news work | 12 |
| Do galley work | 14 |
| Do desk work at a newspaper | 27 |
| Cut, paste, or delete, e.g. | 27 |
| Cut-and-paste | 13 |
| Cut to fit, say | 15 |
| Cut out the bloopers | 20 |
| Cut for a column | 16 |
| Cut features, e.g. | 18 |
| Cut and rearrange | 17 |
| Cut a column, say | 17 |
| Correct, in a way | 17 |
| Correct spelling | 16 |
| Correct errata | 14 |
| Common menu option | 18 |
| Clean up a manuscript | 21 |
| Chop copy, e.g. | 15 |
| Check for style | 15 |
| Check for errors | 16 |
| Change, in a way | 16 |
| Change your story | 17 |
| Change writing for the better | 29 |
| Change the text | 15 |
| Change sirlion to sirloin | 25 |
| Change one's story for the better | 37 |
| Change for the better? | 22 |
| Change for the better, in a way | 31 |
| Better writing? | 15 |
| Better copy? | 12 |
| Alter text | 10 |
| Yield to a censor, perhaps | 26 |
| Work the copy desk | 18 |
| Work over Woman's Day? | 26 |
| Work on, in a way | 17 |
| Work on, as a manuscript | 24 |
| Work on words | 13 |
| Work on the galleys | 19 |
| Work on the copy desk | 21 |
| Work on proofs, say | 19 |
| Work on People | 14 |
| Work on one's work | 22 |
| Work on movie clips, e.g. | 25 |
| Work on lines | 13 |
| Work on after filming | 21 |
| Work on a proof | 15 |
| Work on a paper, maybe | 22 |
| Work on a magazine | 18 |
| Work on a column, say | 21 |
| Work in the media | 17 |
| Work in a cutting room | 22 |
| Work for Hearst, e.g. | 21 |
| Work for a newspaper | 20 |
| Work for "Wired" | 26 |
| Work for "Maxim," maybe | 33 |
| Work cutting words | 18 |
| Work at a magazine | 18 |
| Word-processor menu heading | 27 |
| Word choice | 11 |
| Wield the red pencil | 20 |
| Wield the blue pencil | 21 |
| Weed out or change words | 24 |
| Volunteer for Wikipedia, say | 28 |
| Vet text | 8 |
| Use the blue pencil | 19 |
| Undo's menu header | 22 |
| Tweak, as text | 14 |
| Tweak texts | 11 |
| Tweak some text | 15 |
| Trim, reword, etc. | 18 |
| Trim text | 9 |
| Trim copy | 9 |
| Trim articles | 13 |
| Touch up, as a manuscript | 25 |
| Touch up text | 13 |
| Toolbar option | 14 |
| Toil over text | 14 |
| Tinker with prose | 17 |
| Tinker with Jet pieces, say | 27 |
| Time manager's directive? | 29 |
| Tighten, possibly | 17 |
| Tighten, as some text | 21 |
| Tighten up, perhaps | 19 |
| Tighten up, in a way | 20 |
| Tighten the writin'? | 24 |
| Tighten prose | 13 |
| Tidy up text | 12 |
| Tidy text | 9 |
| Throw out a line, perhaps | 25 |
| Tend to text | 12 |
| Tend to some p's and q's | 32 |
| Tamper with text | 16 |
| Take the word count down | 24 |
| Take out, maybe | 15 |
| Take out or put in, e.g. | 24 |
| Take a blue pencil to | 21 |
| Take (out) | 10 |
| Tailor a tale | 13 |
| Tackle texts | 12 |
| Switch lines, say? | 18 |