Earl in trouble over papers placed differently (6)

I believe the answer is:

relaid

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'earl in trouble over papers placed differently' is the definition.
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'earl in trouble over papers' is the wordplay.
'in trouble' indicates anagramming the letters.
'over' says to put letters next to each other.
'papers' becomes 'id' (identification papers).
'earl' is an anagram of 'rela'.
'rela'+'id'='RELAID'

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(Another definition for relaid that I've seen is " put back down".)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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