Punctuation marks in compound words (7)

I believe the answer is:

hyphens

'punctuation marks in compound words' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is all the clue.

(Another definition for hyphens that I've seen is " Punctuation marks in compound words".)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Simplex) and The Irish Times.

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