Cryptic crossword clue
Misprints in American volume too unfinished 8

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

I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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The straight part
We know that "Misprints" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case misprints = literals.
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.
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What does LITERALS mean?

LITERALS noun
  1. (epigraphy) A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter.
  2. A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
  3. A propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable. Wp

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