Once more, a manuscript takes plenty of paper (5)
I believe the answer is:
reams
'plenty of paper' is the definition.
Although both the answer and 'paper' are nouns, they are not in the same form of the noun. However, I know that 'paper' relates to this answer.
'once more a manuscript' is the wordplay.
'once more' becomes 're' (prefix in words like 're-emerge' or 're-enter').
'manuscript' becomes 'ms' (abbreviation for manuscript).
're'+'a'+'ms'='REAMS'
'takes' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for reams that I've seen before include "This much paperwork" , "Scrapes the barrel" , "a very large amount" , "Lots of paper" , "Large quantity of written matter" .)