Cryptic crossword clue
A figure once hard to work out 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word OCTAHEDRON

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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What does OCTAHEDRON mean?

OCTAHEDRON noun
  1. A polyhedron with eight faces; the regular octahedron has regular triangles as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.

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