Cryptic crossword clue
Top money shelled out for printer’s old system 8

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

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The straight part
We know that "printer’s old system" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case printer’s old system = monotype.
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 MONOTYPE mean?

MONOTYPE noun
  1. A print made by creating the design using oil paint or printer's ink on metal or glass, then transferring the image directly to paper.
  2. The technique of making such prints.
  3. A monotypic taxon.
  4. A keyboard-operated typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets separate characters.
  5. A sailboat designed to be crewed or raced by a single person.
  6. In the Hindley–Milner type system, a single specific data type.
MONOTYPE verb
  1. To produce a monotype of.

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