Symbols badly misread, limiting attempt to rise (9)
I believe the answer is:
ideograms
'symbols' is the definition.
(ideogram is a kind of symbol)
'badly misread limiting attempt to rise' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram.
'limiting' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'attempt' becomes 'go' (go is a kind of attempt).
'to rise' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'go' written backwards gives 'og'.
'misread' is an anagram of 'iderams'.
'iderams' going around 'og' is 'IDEOGRAMS'.
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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