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The Yorkshire motive may be seen as disloyalty (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

treason

'disloyalty' is the definition.
(treason is a kind of disloyalty)

'the yorkshire motive' is the wordplay.
'the yorkshire' becomes 't' (I've seen this in other clues).
'motive' becomes 'reason' (reason is a kind of motive).
't'+'reason'='TREASON'

'may be seen as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for treason that I've seen before include "Lese-majesty" , "rebellion" , "Serious crime" , "LEse-majestE" , "Crime of disloyalty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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