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Conference item to be delivered with speed? This should fix your notes (5-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

paper-clip

'this should fix your notes' is the definition.
(a paper-clip fixes bits of paper together)

'conference item to be delivered with speed?' is the wordplay.
'conference item to be delivered' becomes 'paper' (an academic might deliver a paper).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'speed?' becomes 'clip' (clip can mean something's speed).
'paper'+'clip'='PAPER-CLIP'

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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