Sunak bridling at disorder is showing loyalty to state (10)
I believe the answer is:
patriotism
'state' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.
'sunak bridling at disorder is showing loyalty' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'at' is found in the answer.
'disorder' could be 'riot' (riot is a kind of disorder) and 'riot' is found within the answer.
'is' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for patriotism that I've seen before include "Love of country" , "Strong support for one's country" , "support for state" , "national pride" , "dedication to the country" .)