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Put a bit of lard in ground wheat to get richness (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wealth

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'richness' is the definition.
(I know that richness can be written as wealth)

'put a bit of lard in ground wheat' is the wordplay.
'put' indicates putting letters inside.
'a bit of lard in' becomes 'l' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ground' indicates an anagram ('grind' the letters into a new form).
'wheat' is an anagram of 'weath'.
'l' inserted into 'weath' is 'WEALTH'.

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(Other definitions for wealth that I've seen before include "was common under Cromwell" , "Mammon" , "'Riches, affluence (6)'" , "capital" , "Material worth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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