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Piece of paper (4)

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'piece of paper?' is the definition.
(page is a kind of piece of paper)

'piece of paper?' is the wordplay.
'piece' becomes 'p' (abbreviation for Pawn).
'of paper?' becomes 'age' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'p'+'age'='PAGE'

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(Other definitions for page that I've seen before include "Leaf of book etc" , "Court attendant" , "Leaf - young attendant" , "contribution to book?" , "Side" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times, The Mirror and the Newsday.
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