Small fragments of a broken object (11)

I believe the answer is:

smithereens

(Other definitions for smithereens that I've seen before include "Small fragments of something smashed" , "Shattered fragments" , "Small fragments of the whole" , "Small broken pieces looked at together" , "broken bits?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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