Broke in and disturbed Rupert (it's in the papers) (8)
I believe the answer is:
irrupted
'broke in' is the definition.
(irrupt can mean to break in somewhere)
'disturbed rupert it's in the papers' is the wordplay.
'disturbed' is an anagram indicator.
'it's in the' is an insertion indicator.
'papers' becomes 'ID' (identification papers).
'rupert' anagrammed gives 'rrupte'.
'rrupte' going within 'id' is 'IRRUPTED'.
'and' is the link.
(Another definition for irrupted that I've seen is " Broke in".)
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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