The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word STEREOTYPE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result STEREOTYPE
- Sadly see poet try overused idea
- Unexpectedly see pretty old printing plate
- Harry Potter's eye cast
- Categorise abstract poetry in abridged guide
- Conventional image of potter, eyes fixed
- Group after sound system for convention
- Stock image of kind of record player?
- See pottery modified to a set form
- Player has letters in pigeonhole
- Cliché seen in What Hi-Fi?
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The straight part
We know that "printing plate" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case printing plate = stereotype.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does STEREOTYPE mean?
STEREOTYPE noun- A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person).
- A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.
- A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.
- (UML) An extensibility mechanism of the Unified Modeling Language, allowing a new element to be derived from an existing one with added specializations.
- To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.
- To prepare for printing in stereotype; to produce stereotype plates of.
- To print from a stereotype.
- To make firm or permanent; to fix.