Deprived of authority, we’d some pride destroyed (12)
I believe the answer is:
disempowered
'deprived of authority' is the definition.
(to disempower is to remove authority from)
'we'd some pride destroyed' is the wordplay.
'destroyed' is an anagram indicator.
'wed'+'some'+'pride'='wedsomepride'
'wedsomepride' anagrammed gives 'DISEMPOWERED'.
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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