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Distressed? In pieces presumably! (3,2)

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cut up

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(Other definitions for cut up that I've seen before include "affected by separation" , "Happy? No" , "Miserable" , "Destroy with scissors" , "Dice, chop" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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