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King and country type (on paper) (5)

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I believe the answer is:

roman

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'type on paper' is the definition.
'roman' can be an answer for 'type' (variety of type eg Times New Roman). I am unsure of the 'on paper' bit.

'king and country' is the wordplay.
'king' becomes 'R' (abbreviation for rex, king in Latin).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'country' becomes 'oman' (Oman is an example).
'r'+'oman'='ROMAN'

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(Other definitions for roman that I've seen before include "A novel" , "Polanski" , "of foreign city" , "European citizen" , "Audrey Hepburn film (time off in Italy)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express and The Telegraph.
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