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Piece of sticky paper (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stamp

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'paper' is the definition.
(I know that stamp is a type of piece of paper)

'piece of sticky' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'piece' could be 'p' (abbreviation for Pawn) and 'p' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'stam' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for stamp that I've seen before include "Mark of approval" , "squash?" , "One has picture of Queen" , "Hallmark" , "Seal" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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