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First to talk about a boy's betrayal (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)

'first to talk about a boy's' is the wordplay.
'first to' becomes 't' (rst letter of 'to').
'talk about' becomes 'rea' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a boy' becomes 'son' (synonyms).
't'+'rea'+'son'='TREASON'

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(Other definitions for treason that I've seen before include "Senator (anag)" , "One's art? (anag)" , "Stare on (anag.)" , "Disloyalty (to one's country)" , "Crime of disloyalty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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