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People in papers Tyneside wags sent up (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

newsagents

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'people in papers' is the definition.
'newsagents' can be an answer for 'people' (newsagent is a kind of person). I am unsure of the 'in papers' bit.

'tyneside wags sent up' is the wordplay.
'tyneside' becomes 'NE' (region in North East of England).
'up' is an anagram indicator (letters get chucked up).
'wags'+'sent'='wagssent'
'wagssent' anagrammed gives 'wsagents'.
'ne'+'wsagents'='NEWSAGENTS'

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(Other definitions for newsagents that I've seen before include "Paper vendors" , "Paper sellers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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