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Duty in paper round to turn up (4)

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I believe the answer is:

onus

'duty' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'paper round to turn up' is the wordplay.
'paper' becomes 'sun' (The Sun, UK newspaper).
'round' becomes 'o' (round can mean a round object).
'to turn up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'sun'+'o'='suno'
'suno' in reverse letter order is 'ONUS'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for onus that I've seen before include "'Burden, of proof (4)'" , "Duty or responsibility" , "Responsibilty" , "Weight of responsibility" , "albatross?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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