Historical clue formulations

• Trims, say — 2026-09-08
• Cuts a line? — 2026-04-18
• Polishes, as text — 2026-03-29
• Text tweaks — 2026-03-12
• Does some copy desk work — 2025-07-21
• Makes amends? — 2025-06-29
• Does a prose pro's job — 2025-02-13
• Gets the copy right? — 2024-04-24
• Text tweaks — 2023-11-05
• Makes a long story short? — 2023-10-02
• Changes, in a way — 2023-09-16
• Cuts, maybe — 2023-02-10
• Revises, as an essay — 2023-01-23
• Info tracked on Google Docs — 2021-08-28
• Corrects copy — 2021-03-26
• Exchanges words, say — 2020-08-30
• Text tweaks — 2020-04-22
• Modifications to text — 2020-04-03
• Defaults? — 2020-02-07
• Wields a red pen, perhaps — 2019-12-29
• Some marginalia — 2019-10-03
• Drops (or adds) a line — 2019-07-16
• Does some post-shooting film work — 2018-02-13
• Things thsi cluee needs sevaral of — 2017-11-23
• Text changes — 2017-07-30
• Cross-outs and others — 2017-02-25
• Drops a line, maybe — 2016-12-03
• Revises — 2016-09-07
• Copy changes — 2016-07-05
• Cuts and pastes — 2016-06-22
• Additions and subtractions, of a sort — 2014-06-15
• Applies polish to? — 2014-02-28
• Does some magazine work — 2013-11-11
• Text changes — 2012-12-23
• Cuts and pastes — 2012-11-15
• Additions and deletions, say — 2012-03-01
• Does some piece work — 2011-10-29
• Cuts a line, say — 2011-06-10
• Touches up, as a manuscript — 2011-05-02
• Takes out of context? — 2011-04-07
• Magazine jobs — 2011-01-26
• Works on copy — 2011-01-16
• Revises — 2010-12-05
• Shortens, maybe — 2010-05-07
• Manuscript changes — 2010-02-14
• Gets to work on Time? — 2007-12-08
• Cuts and pastes — 2007-10-23
• Applies polish to? — 2007-08-18
• Uses a Moviola, in film-making — 2007-04-29
• Tightens a piece, say — 2007-01-21