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Freshly dispatched soldiers needing little time to show bitterness (10)

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I believe the answer is:

resentment

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'freshly dispatched soldiers needing little time to show bitterness' is the definition.
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'soldiers needing little time to show bitterness' is the wordplay.
'soldiers' becomes 'men' (I've seen this before).
'needing' says to put letters next to each other.
'little time' becomes 't' (abbreviation for time).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'show bitterness' becomes 'resent'.
'men' put next to 't' is 'ment'.
'ment' after 'resent' is 'RESENTMENT'.

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(Other definitions for resentment that I've seen before include "Umbrage" , "ill-feeling" , "Grudge" , "Ill will" , "Hard feelings" .)

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