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Stone in great pieces (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

granite

'stone' is the definition.
(granite is a kind of stone)

'in great pieces' is the wordplay.
'pieces' indicates an anagram (the same pieces in a new order).
'in'+'great'='ingreat'
'ingreat' anagrammed gives 'GRANITE'.

(Other definitions for granite that I've seen before include "Hard igneous rock" , "Showing great resolution" , "Very hard type of rock" , "Hard granular rock" , "Tearing (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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