Thought back to mines, cried uncontrollably (10)

I believe the answer is:

reminisced

'thought back' is the definition.
(reminiscing is a kind of thinking back)

'mines cried uncontrollably' is the wordplay.
'uncontrollably' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'mines'+'cried'='minescried'
'minescried' with letters rearranged gives 'REMINISCED'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Another definition for reminisced that I've seen is " recollected".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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