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On top shelf perhaps, thinner pen (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

highlighter

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'pen' is the definition.
(I know that highlighter is a type of felt-tip pen)

'on top shelf perhaps thinner' is the wordplay.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'top shelf perhaps' becomes 'high' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'thinner' becomes 'lighter' ('light' can be similar in meaning to 'thin').
'high' put next to 'lighter' is 'HIGHLIGHTER'.

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(Other definitions for highlighter that I've seen before include "Bright marker pen" , "Fluorescent pen used to mark parts of a text - the high girl (anag)" , "Pen marking route" , "Pen for emphasising text" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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