Removal of pencil marks (7)

I believe the answer is:

erasure

(Other definitions for erasure that I've seen before include "group from the 80s" , "Effect of surface damage" , "Obliteration - rare use (anag)" , "Censorship" , "Deletion by an act of expunging" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday and the Universal.

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