Check strange diet (4)

I believe the answer is:

edit

'check' is the definition.
(edit can mean to check or emend)

'strange diet' is the wordplay.
'strange' indicates anagramming the letters.
'diet' is an anagram of 'EDIT'.

(Other definitions for edit that I've seen before include "Literally, arrange" , "Manage a newspaper" , "Fix" , "Make alterations (in text)" , "This is an act of cleaning" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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