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Reminisced about Bolshevik holding English rally (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

recollected

'reminisced' is the definition.

'bolshevik holding english rally' is the wordplay.
'bolshevik' becomes 'red' ('red' can be a synonym of 'bolshevik').
'holding' is an insertion indicator.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'rally' becomes 'collect'.
'e'+'collect'='ecollect'
'red' placed around 'ecollect' is 'RECOLLECTED'.

'about' is the link.

(Other definitions for recollected that I've seen before include "Recalled" , "Remembered" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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