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Repairs pieces and shards at last (5)

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I believe the answer is:

mends

'repairs' is the definition.
('mend' can be a synonym of 'repair')

'pieces and shards at last' is the wordplay.
'pieces' becomes 'men' ('man' can be a synonym of 'piece').
'at last' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letters of 'and shards' are 'ds'.
'men'+'ds'='MENDS'

(Other definitions for mends that I've seen before include "Fixes" , "Repairs, darns" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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