Cryptic crossword clue
Recycled document, white as can be, infested by gremlins 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word PALIMPSEST 

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What does PALIMPSEST  mean?

PALIMPSEST  noun
  1. A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written.
  2. Monumental brasses that have been reused by engraving of the blank back side.
  3. Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.
  4. Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.
  5. Memory that has been erased and re-written.
  6. (cultural studies) The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one.
  7. Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form.
PALIMPSEST  verb
  1. To scrape clean, as in parchment, for reuse.
  2. On paper: to reuse, often by erasure or change of pen direction or color. Especially fueled by Earth Day.

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