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Paper bags quietly turned around (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spun

'turned around' is the definition.

'paper bags quietly' is the wordplay.
'paper' becomes 'sun' (The Sun, UK newspaper).
'bags' means one lot of letters goes inside another (bag can mean secures or steals).
'quietly' becomes 'p' (p for piano and quiet).
'sun' enclosing 'p' is 'SPUN'.

(Other definitions for spun that I've seen before include "Twirled" , "Was web" , "did quick turn" , "Rapidly rotated" , "treated by doctors?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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