Loyal sentiments reflecting genuine emotions (4,8)

I believe the answer is:

true feelings

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'loyal sentiments reflecting' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'genuine emotions' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'genuine' could be 'true' (synonyms) and 'true' is located in the answer.
'emotions' could be 'feelings' (feelings are emotions) and 'feelings' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
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I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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