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Daily, yearly, start thin and dry (6)

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I believe the answer is:

papery

'thin and dry' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'daily yearly start' is the wordplay.
'daily' becomes 'paper' (newspaper).
'start' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'yearly' is 'y'.
'paper'+'y'='PAPERY'

(Another definition for papery that I've seen is " Fragile".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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