Crossword Genius

I.e. place being rebuilt around me bit by bit (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

piecemeal

'bit by bit' is the definition.
('piecemeal' can be a synonym of 'bit by bit')

'i e place being rebuilt around me' is the wordplay.
'being rebuilt' indicates an anagram.
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'i'+'e'+'place'='ieplace'
'ieplace' anagrammed gives 'pieceal'.
'pieceal' going around 'me' is 'PIECEMEAL'.

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

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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