Delete - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

(Other definitions for elide that I've seen before include "Omit part of word" , "Omit (a sound or syllable) when speaking" , "Omit (syllables)" , "Abridge, omit part" , "Rebut forgotten" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times, The Sun, the Penny Press, the Evening Standard, The Telegraph, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Newsday, The New York Times, The Irish Independent, The Star Tribune, The Times, the Universal, the USA Today and The Independent.

'delete' is the definition. (expunging is a kind of deleting) This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for expunge that I've seen before include "Annihilate" , "Remove (from records)" , "Cut it out!" , "Eradicate" , "Efface" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

'delete' is the definition. (I've seen this in another clue) This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for omit that I've seen before include "Leave out or exclude" , "Miss out" , "Don't include" , "Skip" , "Neglect to include" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

'delete' is the definition. (effacing is a kind of deleting) This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for efface that I've seen before include "Erase a mark from a surface" , "Rub out entirely, obliterate" , "Expunge, delete" , "Remove all trace of" , "Do away with" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and the Evening Standard.

'delete' is the definition. (thesaurus) This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for cut out that I've seen before include "Cease operating" , "Excise" , "Stop" , "Automatic safety circuit-breaker" , "25 [FAIL]" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

'delete' is the definition. (I've seen this in another clue) This is the entire clue.

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.

(Other definitions for out that I've seen before include "Published; unconscious" , "(Of a flower) open" , "Unacceptable" , "Not within" , "Not favoured" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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