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Expansively discuss citizen far from home I took in (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

expatiate

'expansively discuss' is the definition.
(to expatiate is to speak or write in detail about)

'citizen far from home i took in' is the wordplay.
'citizen far from home' becomes 'expat' (expatriate).
'took in' becomes 'ate' (take in can mean to eat).
'expat'+'i'+'ate'='EXPATIATE'

(Other definitions for expatiate that I've seen before include "Go on at length" , "Elaborate" , "Go into detail" , "Give details" , "Speak in detail (on)" .)

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