Star-shaped characters in printing (9)

I believe the answer is:

asterisks

'star-shaped characters in printing' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is the entire clue.

(Another definition for asterisks that I've seen is " Star-shaped characters in printing".)

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

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