Cryptic crossword clue
They’re familiar to printers old and new in newspaper section 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FONTS

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The straight part
We know that "They’re familiar to printers" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case they’re familiar to printers = fonts.
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 FONTS mean?

FONTS noun
  1. A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.
  2. A receptacle for oil in a lamp.
  3. Spring, source, fountain.
FONTS noun
  1. A set of glyphs of unified design, belonging to one typeface (e.g., Helvetica), style (e.g., italic), and weight (e.g., bold). Usually representing the letters of an alphabet and its supplementary characters.
  2. A computer file containing the code used to draw and compose the glyphs of one or more typographic fonts on a computer display or printer.
FONTS verb
  1. To overlay (text) on the picture.
FONTS noun
  1. A source, wellspring, fount.

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