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Seems a paper's gone astray (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

appears

'seems' is the definition.
('appear' can be a synonym of 'seem')

'a paper's gone astray' is the wordplay.
'gone astray' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'papers' with letters rearranged gives 'ppears'.
'a'+'ppears'='APPEARS'

(Other definitions for appears that I've seen before include "Looks like" , "is exhibited" , "Comes into sight" , "Seems" , "Comes into view" .)

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