Cryptic crossword clue
Firmly holding excerpt from newspaper 8

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

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What does CLIPPING mean?

1. To grip tightly.
2. To fasten with a clip.
3. To hug, embrace.
4. To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.

1. To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
2. To curtail; to cut short.
3. To strike with the hand.
4. To hit or strike, especially in passing.
5. An illegal tackle: Throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
6. To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
7. To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
8. (Of a camera, character model, etc.) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
9. To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
10. To grab or take stealthily

1. A piece of something removed by clipping.
2. An article clipped from a newspaper.
3. A short form (of a word) created by removing syllables.
4. The process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain maximum level.
5. The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image.
6. Falling, rolling, or throwing one's body on the back of an opponent's legs after approaching from behind.

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