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Digital appendage making print if eg misshapen (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fingertip

'digital appendage' is the definition.
(appendage on a finger)

'print if eg misshapen' is the wordplay.
'misshapen' indicates anagramming the letters.
'print'+'if'+'eg'='printifeg'
'printifeg' with letters rearranged gives 'FINGERTIP'.

'making' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for fingertip that I've seen before include ""hunt the thimble" location in the end?" , "Pointer" , "at which things are very familiar" , "One's used to feel" , "One of the points" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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