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Could those be news of such a tiger? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

paper

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'tiger?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'could those be news of such a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' could be 'per' (eg 'one a day' means 'one per day') and 'per' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'pa' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for paper that I've seen before include "round > tiger" , "News medium" , "Alternative to scissors or stone?" , "Dissertation" , "It's made from wood pulp generally" .)

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