Possible Clues:

• Item for office copier cutting power by constant margin
• From top of photo copier, extract bent wire
• Press cutting? This could keep it in place
• Pages split by plastic replica documents holder
• Every year, for each crop, it collects leaves together
• Device to stop leaves spreading around
• The Irish Times trim what holds the free sheets together
• Metal fastener
• Small piece of office equipment
• I can hold things together in examination cut short