British traitor is privy to second of cabals in Slovakia (10)
I believe the answer is:
bratislava
'slovakia' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'british traitor is privy to second of cabals' is the wordplay.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'traitor' becomes 'rat' (I've seen this in another clue).
'privy' becomes 'lav' (synonyms).
'to second of cabals' becomes 'a' (2nd letter of 'cabals').
'b'+'rat'+'is'+'lav'+'a'='BRATISLAVA'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bratislava that I've seen before include "Slovakian capital" , "Capital of the Slovak Republic" , "Capital of Slovakia" , "City" .)