| 100% | REDACT | 6 | Edit text, for publication (anagram of "traced") |
| 71% | REDACTING | 9 | Editing text for publication |
| 57% | REDACTED | 8 | Edited (text) for publication |
| 52% | EDIT | 4 | Prepare text for publication |
| 52% | EDITS | 5 | Fixes text for publication |
| 51% | EDIT | 4 | Prepare a text for publication |
| 50% | EDIT | 4 | Revise a text for publication, say |
| 48% | EDITOR | 6 | One who corrects and revises text for publication |
| 47% | REDACT | 6 | Edit for publication |
| 47% | REDACTS | 7 | Edits for publication |
| 46% | ELEPHANT | 8 | Anagram of "the plane"; another word for pachyderm |
| 46% | CHEATER | 7 | Anagram of teacher, a rare word for a fraudster |
| 46% | OPT | 3 | Anagram of "top" for a word that means "decide" |
| 44% | ECO | 3 | Anagram of CEO which is the prefix for pro-Earth initiatives |
| 44% | HINT | 4 | "This answer is an anagram of THIN," for example |
| 43% | OED | 3 | Noted publication of 1933, for short |
| 43% | YEARNED | 7 | Longed for; anagram of end year |
| 42% | IMS | 3 | Relatives of texts, for short |
| 42% | LIBRETTO | 8 | Term for the text of an opera |
| 42% | PROOFS | 6 | Drafts of printed text checked for errors |
| 41% | OTT | 3 | Anagram for "tot" (last name of a famous baseball player) |
| 41% | ALMANAC | 7 | Annual publication for events of the coming year |
| 41% | MSN | 3 | Longtime offerer of the anagramming game Text Twist |
| 41% | PENALTY | 7 | Fine for wrongdoing; anagram of aplenty |
| 41% | KISSER | 6 | Slang for mouth; anagram of skiers |
| 41% | ANTIDOTES | 9 | Cures for poisons, anagram of stationed |
| 41% | REDACTION | 9 | Obscuring of text for security reasons |
| 41% | SMS | 3 | Sort of cellphone text, for short |
| 41% | ACT | 3 | Anagram of the animal in 23a which is what Ryan Reynolds does for a living |
| 40% | FETA | 4 | Type of cheese which is an anagram for 'feat' |