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Sewer's product in mesh damaged small person (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hemstitch

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'sewer's product' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'mesh damaged small person' is the wordplay.
'damaged' indicates anagramming the letters.
'small person' becomes 'titch' (titch can informally mean a short person).
'mesh' with letters rearranged gives 'hems'.
'hems'+'titch'='HEMSTITCH'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for hemstitch that I've seen before include "cough and pain" , "needlework" , "border" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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