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Paradise Lost originally penned by chap in fear (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dreamland

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'paradise' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'lost originally penned by chap in fear' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'lost' could be 'l' (abbreviation in sporting league tables) and 'l' is present in the answer.
'chap' could be 'man' (chap can mean a man) and 'man' is found within the remaining letters.
'fear' could be 'dread' (synonyms) and 'dread' is present in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for dreamland that I've seen before include "Utopia" , "Nod, perhaps" , "Sleep; ideal world" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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