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Party allowed by Yard? That's chicanery! (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

duplicity

'chicanery' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'party allowed by yard?' is the wordplay.
'party' becomes 'dup' (Democratic Unionist Party).
'allowed' becomes 'licit' (I've seen this in another clue).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'yard?' becomes 'y' (abbreviation).
'dup'+'licit'+'y'='DUPLICITY'

'that's' acts as a link.

(Another definition for duplicity that I've seen is " Double-dealing".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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