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Define semiregular polygon as a polygon which has all of its' edges of the same length. Also, all of its' interior or exterior angles must be equal (meaning that any interior angle must be x or 360-x). It must be concave and simple (it should not self-intersect) and only two of its' edges are allowed to meet in each corner.
Find the semiregular polygon that has the minimum number of edges.
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The vertices must lie on a grid.
That suggests a regular tiling of the plane: either triangle, square or hexagon.
Three triangles make a 9-gon, but six of those edges share a vertex. The OP does not allow that.
The 12-gon on a square tiling and 10-gon of the hex tiling seem to be all that are left.

Of those, the 10-gon wins.

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