Yes he'd a scattering of grass fragments (7)

I believe the answer is:

hayseed

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'yes he'd a scattering of grass fragments' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'yes he'd a scattering' is the wordplay.
'scattering' is an anagram indicator.
'yes'+'hed'+'a'='yesheda'
'yesheda' with letters rearranged gives 'HAYSEED'.

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(Other definitions for hayseed that I've seen before include "Had eyes (anag.)" , "Yokel" , "Countryman" , "Simple country person" , "Rustic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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