The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EDIT
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More clues leading to the result EDIT
- Change course, heading north
- Better writing from woman husband shunned
- Reversal of current change
- Change that comes with flow of water receding
- Make changes to what one eats, promoting energy
- Time to go back and prepare for publication
- Correct turning point for reversing
- Run around to find better writing?
- Time to go back and make improvements
- This is an act of cleaning up preposterous trend
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The straight part
We know that "prepare for publication" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case prepare for publication = edit.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 EDIT mean?
EDIT noun- A change to the text of a document.
- A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.
- An interruption or change to an improvised scene.
- An alteration to the DNA sequence of a chromosome; an act of gene splicing.
- To change a text, or a document.
- To be the editor of a publication.
- To change the contents of a file, website, etc.
- To alter the DNA sequence of a chromosome; to perform gene splicing.
- To alter a film by cutting and splicing frames.
- To cut short or otherwise alter an improvised scene.
- To lend itself to editing in a certain way.