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Gave the impression of a paper made over by the editor (8)

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I believe the answer is:

appeared

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'gave the impression' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to change as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'a paper made over by the editor' is the wordplay.
'made' indicates an anagram.
'over' indicates putting letters inside.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the editor' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation).
'paper' anagrammed gives 'apper'.
'a' going into 'apper' is 'appear'.
'appear'+'ed'='APPEARED'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for appeared that I've seen before include "Seemed - performed - emerged" , "Turned up" , "published" , "Came into sight" , "Became visible" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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