Surrounded by morning papers (4)
I believe the answer is:
amid
'surrounded by' is the definition.
(amid means among or surrounded by)
'morning papers?' is the wordplay.
'morning' becomes 'am' (as in 12:00 AM).
'papers?' becomes 'ID' (identifying documents are one's 'papers').
'am'+'id'='AMID'
(Other definitions for amid that I've seen before include "Among" , "In the middle of" , "'See . . . . the winter's snow' (carol)" , "A dim sort of preposition" , "Within" .)