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Piece from tabloid chaps inserted into broadsheet (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fragment

'piece' is the definition.
(I know that fragment is a type of piece)

'tabloid chaps inserted into broadsheet' is the wordplay.
'tabloid' becomes 'rag' (informal term for a tabloid newspaper).
'chaps' becomes 'men' (chap means a man).
'inserted into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'broadsheet' becomes 'FT' (Financial Times, broadsheet newspaper).
'rag'+'men'='ragmen'
'ragmen' placed into 'ft' is 'FRAGMENT'.

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for fragment that I've seen before include "Come to pieces" , "Scrap" , "Particle" , "Broken-off piece" , "Small portion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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