Cryptic crossword clue
Outline, V-shaped, with rolled edges 8

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

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The straight part
We know that "with rolled edges" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case with rolled edges = involute.
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 INVOLUTE mean?

INVOLUTE noun
  1. A curve that cuts all tangents of another curve at right angles; traced by a point on a string that unwinds from a curved object.
INVOLUTE verb
  1. To roll or curl inwards.
INVOLUTE adjective
  1. Difficult to understand; complicated.
  2. Having the edges rolled with the adaxial side outward.
  3. (of shells) Having a complex pattern of coils in which younger whorls only partly surround older ones.
  4. Turned inward at the margin, like the exterior lip of the shells of species in genus Cypraea.
  5. Rolled inward spirally.

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