The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PHOTOSTAT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result PHOTOSTAT
- Send attachment without content? Insert latest copy
- Letters to keep burning? I'm obliged to return copy
- Copy letters capturing passionate heart of relative
- Copy of picture, say, after clipping
- Copy useless to shop, worthless stuff
- Host to tap out “facsimile”
- copy@hotmail circulating, given priority
- Tattoo shop issued a circular letter and made a copy
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What does PHOTOSTAT mean?
PHOTOSTAT noun- A photocopy, especially one made by a Photostat machine.
- Positive (black on white) or negative (white on black) reproduction of printed matter or artwork made on a photostat machine, which uses photographic paper instead of a transparent negative, and uses a prism to render the paper negative readable instead of reversed.
- To make such a photocopy of.