Remove a pencil mark (5)

I believe the answer is:

erase

(Other definitions for erase that I've seen before include "Put out of mind" , "Remove recorded material" , "Obliterate" , "Remove evidence of" , "Rub out, expunge" .)

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

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