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A bit disorientated, RAF chap covers miles (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fragment

'a bit' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'disorientated raf chap covers miles' is the wordplay.
'disorientated' is an anagram indicator.
'chap' becomes 'gent' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'covers' indicates putting letters inside.
'miles' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'gent' enclosing 'm' is 'gment'.
'raf' with letters rearranged gives 'fra'.
'fra'+'gment'='FRAGMENT'

(Other definitions for fragment that I've seen before include "Small piece" , "Broken-off piece" , "Incomplete part" , "Small portion" , "Come to pieces" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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