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In pieces — a newspaper with German article (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

asunder

'in pieces' is the definition.
(asunder means torn apart)

'a newspaper with german article' is the wordplay.
'newspaper' becomes 'sun' (UK newspaper The Sun).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'german article' becomes 'der' (definite article in German).
'a'+'sun'+'der'='ASUNDER'

(Other definitions for asunder that I've seen before include "separately" , "(Torn) apart" , "(Break) apart" , "Let no man put -" , "Widely separated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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