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Roasting meat, taking a bite (10)

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I believe the answer is:

lambasting

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'roasting' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are present participle verbs, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'meat taking a bite' is the wordplay.
'meat' becomes 'lamb' (lamb is a type of meat).
'taking' says to put letters next to each other.
'bite' becomes 'sting' (synonyms).
'lamb'+'a'+'sting'='LAMBASTING'

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(Another definition for lambasting that I've seen is " Censuring".)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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