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A classic dream once shattered (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

decameron

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'a classic' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'dream once shattered' is the wordplay.
'shattered' indicates an anagram.
'dream'+'once'='dreamonce'
'dreamonce' is an anagram of 'DECAMERON'.

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(Other definitions for decameron that I've seen before include "Boccaccio's best-known work" , "Boccaccio's tales" , "Collection of 100 short stories by Boccaccio - rename cod (anag)" , "14th century Italian book of tales" , "Collected tales" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent and The Guardian.
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