Paper Ten improvised with a favourite boy of fiction (5,3)

I believe the answer is:

peter pan

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'fiction' is the definition.
(I know that Peter Pan is a play)

'paper ten improvised' is the wordplay.
'improvised' is an anagram indicator (letters are improvised or randomised).
'paper'+'ten'='paperten'
'paperten' is an anagram of 'PETER PAN'.

'with a favourite boy of' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for peter pan that I've seen before include "J M Barrie's boy who never grows up" , "Youth forever" , "Type of eternal youth" , "Ever-young person" , "voyager to Never Never Land" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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