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Part with ground product bit by bit (9)

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I believe the answer is:

piecemeal

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'bit by bit' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'part with ground product' is the wordplay.
'part' becomes 'piece' (piece is a kind of part).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ground product' becomes 'meal' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'piece'+'meal'='PIECEMEAL'

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(Other definitions for piecemeal that I've seen before include "Unsystematically" , "Bit by bit; unsystematic" , "A bit at a time" , "step by step" , "taken bit by bit" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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