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Divide part that's got dry on the inside (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bisect

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'divide' is the definition.
(I know that bisect is a more specific form of cut)

'part that's got dry on the inside' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'dry' could be 'sec' ('dry' in French - used for wine) and 'sec' is found within the answer.
'part' could be 'bit' (both mean a piece of something) and 'bit' is located in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for bisect that I've seen before include "Cut twenty [IN TWO]" , "Split exactly in two" , "Halve (angle)" , "cross" , "equally split" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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