The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word TYPEWRITER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result TYPEWRITER
- Model auditor’s more accurate report-writing mechanism?
- … wire broken in old office equipment
- Carriage returns here for kind author
- It may have been used by Mark Twain?
- Kind author that has characters making an impression
- Printer using extremes of technology with metal to impress Royal Institution
- Class pen as office equipment
- Kind author giving away old printer
- Machine, pretty faulty having loose wire inside
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The straight part
We know that "old office equipment" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case old office equipment = typewriter.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 TYPEWRITER mean?
TYPEWRITER noun- A device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper.
- One who uses a typewriter; a typist.
- A machine gun (from the noise it makes when firing).
- A prank in which fingers are jabbed roughly onto someone's chest followed by striking them over the ear in imitation of using an old-fashioned typewriter.