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You and me with time in sack getting shattered (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

busted

'shattered' is the definition.
('bust' can be a synonym of 'shatter')

'you and me with time in sack' is the wordplay.
'you and me' becomes 'us' (the two of us).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'sack' becomes 'bed' ('in the sack' means 'in bed').
'us'+'t'='ust'
'ust' placed into 'bed' is 'BUSTED'.

'getting' is the link.

(Other definitions for busted that I've seen before include "having knockers" , "Shattered" , "Broken; raided (US)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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