A berk drunk on table topless gets smashed easily (9)

I believe the answer is:

breakable

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'smashed easily' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs can occasionally mean the same thing.

'a berk drunk on table topless' is the wordplay.
'drunk' indicates an anagram.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'topless' means to remove the first letter.
'table' with its initial letter removed is 'able'.
'a'+'berk'='aberk'
'aberk' with letters rearranged gives 'break'.
'break'+'able'='BREAKABLE'

'gets' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for breakable that I've seen is " Fragile".)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.

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