Tip-top edition using thin gauzy paper (6)
I believe the answer is:
tissue
'gauzy paper' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'tip-top edition' is the wordplay.
'tip-top' becomes 't' (top of the word 'tip-').
'edition' becomes 'issue' (eg edition of a magazine).
't'+'issue'='TISSUE'
'using thin' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tissue that I've seen before include "Soft thin paper in layers" , "Jewish religious leader" , "full of lies?" , "cell block?" , "Web; fabric" .)