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Like a loyalist starting to travel on from Rouen (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

true

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'like a loyalist starting' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'travel on from rouen' is the wordplay.
'travel' becomes 't' (this might be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'from' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'rouen' with 'on' removed is 'rue'.
't'+'rue'='TRUE'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for true that I've seen before include "Bona fide" , "Genuine, actual" , "Real, actual" , "Dependable -- loyal" , "Agreeing with fact or reality" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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