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A large nut badly crushed, ultimately in little pieces (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

granulated

'in little pieces' is the definition.
(in granules)

'a large nut badly crushed ultimately' is the wordplay.
'badly' is an anagram indicator.
'ultimately' suggests the final letters.
The final letter of 'crushed' is 'd'.
'a'+'large'+'nut'='alargenut'
'alargenut' is an anagram of 'granulate'.
'granulate'+'d'='GRANULATED'

(Another definition for granulated that I've seen is " Like some sugar".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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