| Text | Length |
| Supervise, as a journalist | 26 |
| Strike out, say | 15 |
| Streamline copy | 15 |
| Step after "write" | 28 |
| Start of a plea | 15 |
| Spruce up, as a story | 21 |
| Spruce up prose | 15 |
| Spruce up a story | 17 |
| Spreadsheet menu header | 23 |
| Splice, as film | 15 |
| Splice some shots | 17 |
| Splice kinescopes | 17 |
| Splice film, e.g. | 17 |
| Splice film | 11 |
| Splice after cutting | 20 |
| Smooth out copy | 15 |
| Smooth out a rough draft | 24 |
| Shorten to fit, perhaps | 23 |
| Shorten sentences, perhaps | 26 |
| Shorten manuscripts, e.g. | 25 |
| Shorten a text, maybe | 21 |
| Shorten a sentence? | 19 |
| Shorten a Life sentence, say | 28 |
| Sharpen a speech | 16 |
| Shape up a script | 17 |
| Serve Time? | 11 |
| Rewrite, perhaps | 16 |
| Rewrite, in a way | 17 |
| Rewrite a bit | 13 |
| Rework, as an article | 21 |
| Rework, as a story | 18 |
| Revision, informally | 20 |
| Revise, in a way | 16 |
| Revise, as prose | 16 |
| Revise, as an article | 21 |
| Revise for publication | 22 |
| Revise and correct | 18 |
| Revise a mistake | 16 |
| Review a review, say | 20 |
| Revamp, in a way | 16 |
| Returning tide? | 15 |
| Rephrase, say | 13 |
| Remove errata | 13 |
| Refuse to pass a sentence? | 26 |
| Reduce one's sentence, perhaps | 34 |
| Reduce a sentence, perhaps | 26 |
| Redo, as text | 13 |
| Redact, as text | 15 |
| Rearrange, say | 14 |
| Ready for delivery, as a speech | 31 |
| Put in or take out, maybe | 25 |
| Put in or take out | 18 |
| Put in a word or two? | 21 |
| Prune copy | 10 |
| Proof read | 10 |
| Professionally correct | 22 |
| Process text | 12 |
| Prevent errata | 14 |
| Prepare to publish | 18 |
| Prepare to print | 16 |
| Prepare to air | 14 |
| Prepare prose | 13 |
| Prepare for the presses | 23 |
| Prepare for the press | 21 |
| Prepare for broadcast | 21 |
| Prepare copy for readers | 24 |
| Polish, as writing | 18 |
| Polish, as prose | 16 |
| Polish, as an essay | 19 |
| Polish, as an article | 21 |
| Polish, as a draft | 18 |
| Polish puzzles | 14 |
| Polish prose? | 13 |
| Polish phrases, say | 19 |
| Polish literature | 17 |
| Polish copy | 11 |
| Polish articles | 15 |
| Polish an article | 17 |
| Polish a Time piece? | 20 |
| Police stories? | 15 |
| Play with scenes? | 17 |
| Perform copy desk work | 22 |
| Perfect grafs | 13 |
| Perfect copy? | 13 |
| Pencil stuff out | 16 |
| PC menu heading | 15 |
| Pass sentences? | 15 |
| Pare, say | 9 |
| Modify, as a manuscript | 23 |
| Microsoft Word option | 21 |
| Menu with cut and paste | 23 |
| Menu next to File | 17 |
| Menu bar option | 15 |
| Mark up, perhaps | 16 |
| Mark up for revision | 20 |
| Mark up copy | 12 |
| Mark one's words, in a way | 30 |
| Man the copy desk | 17 |
| Make spelling corrections to, e.g. | 34 |
| Make shorter, say | 17 |
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