The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ETCHINGS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ETCHINGS
- Artwork from film projecting feature on grammar school
- Pieces of artwork Greek character inscribed in gents naughtily
- What have you put on top of stuff that’s not opened? Artwork?
- Gets excited over detailed porcelain plates
- Prints articles initially in the City
- Initially dismissed, attractive son makes impressions
- Impressions of oriental objects enthral Chinese leader
- Gets out concealing feature works of art
- European objects about Cubist’s first works of art
- Eastern objects, about a hundred artistic items
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "artistic items" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case artistic items = etchings.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 ETCHINGS mean?
ETCHINGS noun- The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.
- The image created by this process.