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Praise when gathering full contents during egg production (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ovulation

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'production' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'praise when gathering full contents during egg' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'when' could be 'on' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'on' is found in the answer.
'egg' could be 'o' (an 'o' resembles an egg) and 'o' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for ovulation that I've seen before include "delivery of eggs" , "monthly occurrence" , "monthly process" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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