Related Clues:

• Conservative on edge after, say, Mail article found in office
• Stationery article found in FT magazine?
• Mash rice mixed with core of apples as staple alternative?
• Misplaced replica held between pages – by this?
• Bent-wire fastener
• Metallic clasp used in an office
• Daily trim that keeps things tidy
• Item in office -- Guardian perhaps -- on Conservative effrontery
• One can hold things together in examination cut short