Cryptic crossword clue
Original models of sports cars found on bridge 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word ARCHETYPES

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We know that "Original models" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case original models = archetypes.
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What does ARCHETYPES mean?

ARCHETYPES noun
  1. An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
  2. An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
  3. A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
  4. According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
  5. (textual criticism) A protograph.
ARCHETYPES verb
  1. To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.

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