More tear cheap paper (9)

I believe the answer is:

newsprint

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'cheap paper' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

I can't explain the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for newsprint that I've seen before include "Paper for dailies" , "sports pages and much else" , "needed for the papers" , "Print news on this kind of paper - what else?" , "FT for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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