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On paper, an assurance of accuracy (3)

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I believe the answer is:

sic

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'on paper an assurance of accuracy' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'on paper an assurance of accuracy' is the wordplay.
'on' means one lot of letters goes inside another (as in clothing 'on' a person).
'paper' becomes 'i' (the i is a UK newspaper).
'an assurance of accuracy' becomes 'sc' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'i' inserted within 'sc' is 'SIC'.

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(Other definitions for sic that I've seen before include "poorly spelt if requiring this" , "the reading is correct" , "Thus in classical way" , "Printing term to denote accuracy though it appears otherwise" , "It calls attention to a quoted mistake" .)

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