Possible Clues:

• The tide is up before you get gin for a change
• Perry White's function
• Preparing for publication by correcting etc.
• Tied in a knot with gin for a change
• Job with paper, say, first in the row to go in
• Cutting and pasting
• Oscar category
• Making the cut?
• Revising for publication
• The turn of the tide with the gin for a change