Tried some cured spam at deli, shortly after returning (7)
I believe the answer is:
sampled
'tried' is the definition.
('sample' can be a synonym of 'try')
'some cured spam at deli shortly after returning' is the wordplay.
'some cured' indicates anagramming the letters.
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'shortly' says to take the initial letters.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'returning' becomes 'le' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
The initial letter of 'deli' is 'd'.
'spam' is an anagram of 'samp'.
'd' put after 'le' is 'led'.
'samp' next to 'led' is 'SAMPLED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sampled that I've seen before include "Tasted" , "tried" .)