Telegraph, say, or what spin doctors do receiving copy (5)
I believe the answer is:
paper
'telegraph say' is the definition.
(the Daily Telegraph is a newspaper)
'what spin doctors do receiving copy' is the wordplay.
'what spin doctors do' becomes 'pr' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'receiving' indicates putting letters inside.
'copy' becomes 'ape' (ape can mean to copy or imitate).
'pr' going around 'ape' is 'PAPER'.
'or' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for paper that I've seen before include "Set of written exam questions" , "See 10/25/18/20" , "Telegraph, for example" , "Writing sheet(s)?" , "Scholarly article" .)