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Break a saucer in pieces? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

caesura

'break' is the definition.
(caesura is a kind of break)

'a saucer in pieces?' is the wordplay.
'in pieces?' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'in pieces' mean this).
'a'+'saucer'='asaucer'
'asaucer' with letters rearranged gives 'CAESURA'.

(Other definitions for caesura that I've seen before include "Pause or interruption (in conversation or prose)" , "Pause near middle of verse line" , "Break in line" , "Short pause in a line of verse" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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