Crossword Genius

Sprinkling small stuff (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

smatter

'sprinkling' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'small stuff' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'stuff' becomes 'matter' (I've seen this in other clues).
's'+'matter'='SMATTER'

(Other definitions for smatter that I've seen before include "Dabble" , "Superficial knowledge" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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