Dash after fresh paper (9)
I believe the answer is:
newsprint
'paper' is the definition.
(newsprint is a kind of paper)
'dash after fresh' is the wordplay.
'dash' becomes 'sprint' ('sprint' can be a synonym of 'dash'**).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'fresh' becomes 'new' ('new' can be a synonym of 'fresh').
'sprint' after 'new' is 'NEWSPRINT'.
(Other definitions for newsprint that I've seen before include "Print news on this kind of paper - what else?" , "sports pages and much else" , "FT for example" , "Bearer of tidings" , "Paper used by the Guardian or Daily Mirror, say" .)