Remove cream to guzzle without partner's being mean (8)

I believe the answer is:

skimping

'being mean' is the definition.
(to skimp is to be parsimonious or mean)

'remove cream to guzzle without partner's' is the wordplay.
'remove cream' becomes 'skim' (as in removing cream from milk).
'to guzzle' becomes 'pig'.
'without' means one lot of letters goes inside another ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'partner' becomes 'n'.
'pig' placed around 'n' is 'ping'.
'skim'+'ping'='SKIMPING'

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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