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Betrayal of cause by Egypt's far right (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

treason

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'betrayal' is the definition.
(I know that betrayal can be written as treason)

'cause by egypt's far right' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'cause' could be 'reason' (I've seen this before) and 'reason' is found within the answer.
A single letter 't' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for treason that I've seen before include "Perfidy" , "Betrayal of one's nation" , "Offence against state" , "Disloyalty (to one's country)" , "rebellion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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