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Piece about small city district cut in half (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bisect

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'cut in half' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'piece about small city' is the wordplay.
'piece' becomes 'bit' (synonyms).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'city' becomes 'EC' (the City of London postcode).
's'+'ec'='sec'
'bit' going around 'sec' is 'BISECT'.

'district' is the link.
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(Other definitions for bisect that I've seen before include "Cut equally in two" , "equally split" , "Halve (angle)" , "create schism?" , "Cut in two equal parts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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