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Think over the extremes of loyalty on purpose (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deliberately

'on purpose' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'think over the extremes of loyalty' is the wordplay.
'think over' becomes 'deliberate' (deliberating is a kind of thinking over).
'the extremes of' suggests removing the centre.
'loyalty' with its centre removed is 'ly'.
'deliberate'+'ly'='DELIBERATELY'

(Other definitions for deliberately that I've seen before include "Consciously and intentionally" , "as intended" , "On purpose" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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