Crossword Genius

Deprived of authority, we’d some pride destroyed (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disempowered

'deprived of authority' is the definition.
(to disempower is to remove authority from)

'we'd some pride destroyed' is the wordplay.
'destroyed' is an anagram indicator.
'wed'+'some'+'pride'='wedsomepride'
'wedsomepride' anagrammed gives 'DISEMPOWERED'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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