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Disloyal person giving corrupt trio art (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

traitor

'disloyal person' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'corrupt trio art' is the wordplay.
'corrupt' is an anagram indicator (a corrupted spelling of the word).
'trio'+'art'='trioart'
'trioart' with letters rearranged gives 'TRAITOR'.

'giving' is the link.

(Other definitions for traitor that I've seen before include "Maclean was one" , "Person betraying a cause" , "defector?" , "Unreliable type" , "Betrayer of a country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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