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Surrounded by the morning papers (4)

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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' (identification papers).
'am'+'id'='AMID'

'the' is the link.

(Other definitions for amid that I've seen before include "Maid (anag)" , "A dim sort of preposition" , "Surrounded by" , "In the centre of" , "Amongst" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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