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Something to write on as college set up photographer with Queen (9)

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I believe the answer is:

notepaper

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'something to write on' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'college set up photographer with queen' is the wordplay.
'college' becomes 'eton' (Eton College, English private school).
'set up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in a down clue, letters go up).
'photographer' becomes 'pap' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'queen' becomes 'ER' (short for Elizabeth Regina ie Queen Elizabeth).
'eton' reversed gives 'note'.
'note'+'pap'+'er'='NOTEPAPER'

'as' is the link.

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(Other definitions for notepaper that I've seen before include "Stationery item" , "What correspondent needs" , "Writing sheet" , "Material for letters" , "Letters are sent on it" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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