Former producer of The Jam close to getting pregnant (9)

I believe the answer is:

expecting

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'pregnant' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'former producer of the jam close to getting' is the wordplay.
'former' becomes 'ex' (prefix meaning former or onetime).
'producer of the jam' becomes 'pectin' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'close to' suggests the final letters (the close of something is the end).
The last letter of 'getting' is 'g'.
'ex'+'pectin'+'g'='EXPECTING'

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(Other definitions for expecting that I've seen before include "Anticipating, looking forward to" , "Regarding as likely to happen" , "pregnant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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