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Not a chance of fellow accepting papers (5,2)

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dream on

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'not a chance' is the definition.
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'fellow accepting papers' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'don' (both can mean an academic).
'accepting' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are accepted).
'papers' becomes 'ream' (a ream is a large amount of paper).
'don' going around 'ream' is 'DREAM ON'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for dream on that I've seen before include "Come off it!" , "That's unlikely! (colloquial)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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