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Recalled insolent talk, while having disagreeable time during expedition (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pilgrimage

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'expedition' is the definition.
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'recalled insolent talk while' is the wordplay.
'recalled' says the letters should be written backwards (to recall can mean to bring something back).
'insolent talk' becomes 'lip' (informal term for impolite remarks).
'while' becomes 'grimage' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'lip' backwards is 'pil'.
'pil'+'grimage'='PILGRIMAGE'

'having disagreeable time during' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for pilgrimage that I've seen before include "journey to shrine" , "Holy journey" , "special journey?" , "What Chaucer,s travellers were engaged upon" , "Religiously-inspired journey" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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