| Sweeps the board? | 17 |
| Shakes an Etch-A-Sketch | 23 |
| Shakes an Etch A Sketch | 23 |
| Scrapes out | 11 |
| Removes graffiti | 16 |
| Removes data from | 17 |
| Readies for refilling | 21 |
| Prepares the board | 18 |
| Opposite of "pencils in" | 34 |
| Misplays a tape, maybe | 22 |
| Makes a tape blank | 18 |
| Makes a clean slate | 19 |
| Lifts off, to typists | 21 |
| Goes back on one's word? | 28 |
| Fulfills a takeout order? | 25 |
| Does some board work | 20 |
| Destroys data | 13 |
| De-chalks | 9 |
| Clears up, in a way | 19 |
| Clears up, as some junk on a hard drive | 39 |
| Clears off | 10 |
| Clears an Etch A Sketch, e.g. | 29 |
| Clears a whiteboard, e.g. | 25 |
| Clears a whiteboard | 19 |
| Cleans the chalkboard | 21 |
| Cleans the board | 16 |
| Cleans a blackboard | 19 |
| Causes to disappear | 19 |
| Antonym for restores | 20 |
| An antonym for restores | 23 |
| An antonym for "restores" | 35 |
| An antonym for ''restores'' | 43 |
| "Winter's cold, spring ___" "Satellite" lyric | 69 |
| "Only the hand that ___ can write the true thing": Meister Eckhart | 76 |
| Disciple of Paul | 16 |
| Theologian of the 16th century | 30 |
| Deletion | 8 |
| Kind of mark | 12 |
| Sign of error | 13 |
| Sign of a slip | 14 |
| Rubout | 6 |
| Expungement | 11 |
| Wipeout? | 8 |
| Sign of a mistake | 17 |
| Exam mark | 9 |
| Entry removal | 13 |
| Effacement | 10 |
| Deler's choice | 18 |
| Takeout | 7 |
| Start of a correction | 21 |
| Sign of fallibility | 19 |
| Sign of an error | 16 |
| Sign of a goof | 14 |
| Exam smudge | 11 |
| Acknowledgment of error? | 24 |
| What a smudge may indicate | 26 |
| Use of a pencil's other end | 31 |
| Typist's smear | 18 |
| Typist's bane | 17 |
| This slows down a typist | 24 |
| Test-paper smudge | 17 |
| Task done with a Pink Pearl | 27 |
| Striking action? | 16 |
| Stenog's occasional mark | 28 |
| Start of some corrections | 25 |
| Solver's smudge | 19 |
| Sign of uncertainty | 19 |
| Sign of imperfection | 20 |
| Sign of correction | 18 |
| Sign of change | 14 |
| Sign of a rewrite | 17 |
| Sign of a changed test answer | 29 |
| Sign of a changed sheet | 23 |
| Rub-out | 7 |
| Puzzle solver's smudge | 26 |
| Puzzle paper smudge | 19 |
| Proof of a rubout? | 18 |
| Proof a mistake was made | 24 |
| Pop band that did a 1992 EP of ABBA covers | 42 |
| Paper smudge | 12 |
| Palimpsest component | 20 |
| Page smudge, possibly | 21 |
| One way to get the word out? | 28 |
| Occasional puzzle solver's action | 37 |
| New wave band with an EP of Abba covers | 39 |
| Name-dropping, maybe | 20 |
| Mistake indication | 18 |
| Mark of uncertainty | 19 |
| Mark of a written error | 23 |
| Mark of a mistake | 17 |
| It's a change | 17 |
| Indication of second thoughts | 29 |
| Expunction | 10 |
| Evidence of error | 17 |
| Evidence of change | 18 |
| Evidence of a mistake | 21 |
| Error's aftermath | 21 |
| Error indication | 16 |
| End of an error? | 16 |
| Disappearing act? | 17 |