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Newspaper employees blocking newspaper? Just a little (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fragment

'just a little' is the definition.

'newspaper employees blocking newspaper?' is the wordplay.
'newspaper' becomes 'rag' (rag is a kind of newspaper).
'employees' becomes 'men' (men can mean staff).
'blocking' indicates putting letters inside.
'newspaper?' becomes 'ft' (Financial Times newspaper).
'rag'+'men'='ragmen'
'ragmen' put inside 'ft' is 'FRAGMENT'.

(Other definitions for fragment that I've seen before include "Small piece" , "Shard" , "Incomplete part" , "Broken-off piece" , "Small portion" .)

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