The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CENSOR , but the solution may also be EMEND which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in LA Times).
Red-pencil crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CENSOR | 25 % | 6 |
| EMEND | 25 % | 5 |
| DELE | 25 % | 4 |
| EDIT | 25 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Red-pencil
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- blue pencil
- red ink
- penciling
- penciled
- lead pencil
- pencil lead
- red lead
- pencil eraser
- pencil box
- ballpoint pen
Crossword Answer definitions
CENSOR noun- One of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century B.C.E. and the 6th century C.E.) was a high judge of public behaviour and morality.
- An official responsible for the removal or suppression of objectionable material (for example, if obscene or likely to incite violence) or sensitive content in books, films, correspondence, and other media.
- A college or university official whose duties vary depending on the institution.
- One who censures or condemns.
- To review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, content from books, films, correspondence, and other media which is regarded as objectionable (for example, obscene, likely to incite violence, or sensitive).
- A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious mind.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result CENSOR
- Authorized examiner
- Bleeper
- One who may take an oath?
- Office held by Cato the Elder
- Morality judge
- Network watchdog
- Bleep out
- Cato's appellation, with "the"
- One who removes a curse, maybe
- One who refuses to take an oath?
More clues leading to the result EMEND
- Correct
- Fix the copy
- Improve, in a way
- Adjust
- Fix
- Change one's story?
- Correct, as text
- Correct or improve
- Revise
- Revise editorially
More clues leading to the result DELE
- Strike out
- Editor's remark
- Strike out, as copy
- Take out
- Mark of omission
- Takeout sign?
- Editor's mark
- Request to remove from a galley
- Takeout order?
- Proofer's word