State Paper? (7)
I believe the answer is:
express
'state' is the definition.
('express' can be a synonym of 'state')
'paper?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'paper?' could be 'press' (paper is a kind of press) and 'press' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ex' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for express that I've seen before include "Rapid" , "Former journalists < not stopping < newspaper" , "Verbalize" , "Specific; going at speed" , "Utter; speedy" .)