The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word REDACT
I've seen this crossword clue in Independent
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More clues leading to the result REDACT
- Correct wine put on
- Censor favouring the left turn
- Edit socialist law
- Prepare for publication Soviet law?
- Make amendments to socialist legislation
- Edit evolutionary legislation
- Edit radical piece of legislation
- Edit revolutionary piece of legislation
- Something Communist does? Work in publishing maybe
- Prepare wine and serve
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The straight part
We know that "Edi" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case edi = redact.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does REDACT mean?
REDACT verb- To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while releasing the remainder.
- To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.
- To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.
- To draw up or frame a decree, statement, etc.
- To bring together in one unit; to combine or bring together into one.
- To gather or organize works or ideas into a unified whole; to collect, order, or write in a written document or to put into a particular written form.
- To insert or assimilate into a written system or scheme.
- To bring an area of study within the comprehension capacity of a person.
- To reduce to a particular condition or state, especially one that is undesirable.
- To reduce something physical to a certain form, especially by destruction.