The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 3 letter word PEN PAL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result PEN PAL
- Order new Apple for friendly writer
- A friend? Only on paper
- Page suppressed by very severe correspondent
- Friendly foreign correspondent?
- Stall China’s foreign correspondent?
- Page checked by very severe correspondent
- Foreign correspondent‘s page on lost plane
- Foreign correspondent not available for meeting?
- Foreign correspondent perhaps having little power over troubled Nepal
- Letter-writer vindictive about paper’s leader
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The straight part
We know that "Foreign correspondent perhaps" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case foreign correspondent perhaps = pen pal.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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