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Film title about independent group of soldiers in a pickle (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

piccalilli

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'pickle' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'film title about independent group of soldiers' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'film' could be 'pic' (short for picture) and 'pic' is located in the answer.
'about' could be 'ca' (abbreviation for circa) and 'ca' is found in the answer.
'independent' could be 'i' and 'i' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in a' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for piccalilli that I've seen before include "Chopped vegetables, mustard and hot spices" , "Hot pickle" , "Mixed vegetables in a mustard sauce" , "Spicy relish" , "preserve with mustard" .)

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