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Doctor Who finally given papers for automaton (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

droid

'for automaton' is the definition.
(both can mean a robot)

'doctor who finally given papers' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'dr' (abbreviation).
'finally' says to take the final letters.
'given' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'papers' becomes 'ID' (identification papers).
The final letter of 'who' is 'o'.
'dr'+'o'+'id'='DROID'

(Other definitions for droid that I've seen before include "automaton" , "small robot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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