Marker handled piece of wisdom (4,3)

I believe the answer is:

felt tip

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(Other definitions for felt tip that I've seen before include "Type of pen" , "writer" , "(Pen with) fibre point" , "Variety of pen" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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