Cryptic crossword clue
Could be ten and more rules man has broken 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word NUMERALS

I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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The straight part
We know that "Could be ten and more" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case could be ten and more = numerals.
The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.

What does NUMERALS mean?

NUMERALS noun
  1. A symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 and the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.
  2. A word representing a number.
  3. A card whose rank is a number (usually including the ace as 1).

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