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Time to argue for disloyalty (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

treason

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

'time to argue' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't'.
'to argue' becomes 'reason' ('reason' can be a synonym of 'argue').
't'+'reason'='TREASON'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for treason that I've seen before include "Betrayal of the state" , "Gunpowder Plot, say" , "One rats (anag)" , "Lese-majesty" , "rebellion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Telegraph.
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