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Go to pieces when making dessert (7)

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crumble

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(Other definitions for crumble that I've seen before include "Break down, fall apart" , "Fall to bits; a pudding" , "Gradually disintegrate" , "Type of pudding - disintegrate" , "Break up - fruit dish" .)

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