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Illusion about origins of UK’s reformist dynasty (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maurya

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'dynasty' is the definition.
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'illusion about origins of uk's reformist' is the wordplay.
'illusion' becomes 'maya' (I've seen this before).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'origins of' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'uks reformist' is 'ur'.
'maya' enclosing 'ur' is 'MAURYA'.

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