A paper given time has info processed somehow (5,1,7)
I believe the answer is:
after a fashion
'somehow' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'a paper given time has info processed' is the wordplay.
'paper' becomes 'ft' (Financial Times newspaper).
'given time' becomes 'era' (era is a kind of time. I am not sure about the 'given' bit.).
'processed' indicates an anagram.
'has'+'info'='hasinfo'
'hasinfo' with letters rearranged gives 'fashion'.
'a'+'ft'+'era'+'fashion'='AFTER A FASHION'
(Other definitions for after a fashion that I've seen before include "in a manner of speaking" , "In a sort of way" , "Following a fad" , "To some extent but not perfectly" , "To a certain extent" .)