The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 5 letter word PRESS BARON
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result PRESS BARON
- Media mogul to continue drinking in pub
- Iron Duke’s hierarchical inferior, a media tyrant
- Like Lord Copper to continue to obstruct the legal profession
- Enforce restriction against Beaverbrook?
- Paper supplier appears as crowd stop working
- Newspaper mogul to continue energetically, circumventing prohibition
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The straight part
We know that "Paper supplier" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case paper supplier = press baron.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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