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Small amount of paper for a country gentleman (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

squire

'a country gentleman' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'small amount of paper' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'amount of paper' becomes 'quire' (I've seen this before).
's'+'quire'='SQUIRE'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for squire that I've seen before include "[PILGRIM in the CANTERBURY TALES]" , "Local landowner; knight's attendant" , "English country landowner" , "Chief landowner of an area" , "Old landowner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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