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Deny epic upheaval, pursuing old convenience (10)

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I believe the answer is:

expediency

'convenience' is the definition.
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'deny epic upheaval pursuing old' is the wordplay.
'upheaval' indicates an anagram.
'pursuing' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'old' becomes 'ex' (prefix meaning former or onetime).
'deny'+'epic'='denyepic'
'denyepic' with letters rearranged gives 'pediency'.
'pediency' after 'ex' is 'EXPEDIENCY'.

(Another definition for expediency that I've seen is " Suitability to the circumstances".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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