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Change mind about Sappers being disloyal (8)

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I believe the answer is:

recreant

'disloyal' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'change mind about sappers' is the wordplay.
'change mind' becomes 'recant' (as in recanting a confession).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'sappers' becomes 'RE' (nickname for the Royal Engineers).
'recant' enclosing 're' is 'RECREANT'.

'being' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for recreant that I've seen before include "disloyal" , "Craven, apostate" , "Cowardly; apostate" , "yellow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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