Article by a couple of boys eclipses what one puts in the paper (8,2)
I believe the answer is:
personal ad
'couple of boys eclipses what one puts in the paper' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'article by a' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'article' could be 'personal' (personal is a kind of article) and 'personal' is located in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'd' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for personal ad that I've seen before include "brief newspaper item" , "Message perhaps seeking romance" .)