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Punt given to Raymond, a learner, showing disloyalty (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

betrayal

'disloyalty' is the definition.
(I know that betrayal is a type of subversiveness)

'punt given to raymond a learner' is the wordplay.
'punt' becomes 'bet' (punt can mean a bet).
'given to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'raymond' becomes 'ray' (Ray is short for Raymond).
'learner' becomes 'l' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car).
'bet'+'ray'+'a'+'l'='BETRAYAL'

'showing' is the link.

(Other definitions for betrayal that I've seen before include "Selling" , "sale" , "Act of disloyalty" , "Treacherous act" , "Breach of trust" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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