Eagerness to get at mince pie's deplorable (10)
I believe the answer is:
impatience
'eagerness' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'at mince pie's deplorable' is the wordplay.
'deplorable' indicates anagramming the letters.
'at'+'mince'+'pie'='atmincepie'
'atmincepie' anagrammed gives 'IMPATIENCE'.
'to get' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for impatience that I've seen before include "Irritation at delay" , "Unreasonable haste" , "Lack of tolerance" , "which poor waiter reveals" , "agitation" .)