A Syrian perhaps is crazy to reject a fight (9)

I believe the answer is:

damascene

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'a syrian' is the definition.
(Damascene is an example)

'is crazy to reject a fight' is the wordplay.
'is crazy' becomes 'mad' (synonyms).
'to reject' says the letters should be written backwards.
'fight' becomes 'scene' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'mad' backwards is 'dam'.
'dam'+'a'+'scene'='DAMASCENE'

'perhaps' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for damascene that I've seen before include "steely ornamentation" , "as conversion is described" , "ornament" , "in Arab city" , "Syrian" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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