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Just by real ground (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

barely

'just' is the definition.
(barely can mean only just)

'by real ground' is the wordplay.
'ground' is an anagram indicator ('grind' the letters into a new form).
'by'+'real'='byreal'
'byreal' anagrammed gives 'BARELY'.

(Other definitions for barely that I've seen before include "just a short while before" , "how streakers like to act?" , "how babies are born?" , "Not quite" , "Just about or scantily" .)

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