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Turned over papers brought to light (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

idled

'turned over' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'papers brought to light' is the wordplay.
'papers' becomes 'id' (identification papers).
'brought to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'light' becomes 'led' (I've seen this in other clues).
'id'+'led'='IDLED'

(Other definitions for idled that I've seen before include "Turned over" , "relaxed" , "Of engine, just ticked over" , "Did little or nothing" , "not worked" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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