Burst into tears in paper shop (9)

I believe the answer is:

stationer

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'paper shop' is the definition.
'stationer' can be an answer for 'shop' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'paper' bit.

'burst into tears' is the wordplay.
'burst' indicates anagramming the letters.
'into'+'tears'='intotears'
'intotears' is an anagram of 'STATIONER'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for stationer that I've seen before include "I supply rulers: for example" , "One assigning position" , "bookseller" , "source of writing materials" , "Seller of writing materials" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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