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Amazingly brave OAP better than Norm? (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

above par

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'better than norm?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'amazingly brave oap' is the wordplay.
'amazingly' indicates an anagram.
'brave'+'oap'='braveoap'
'braveoap' is an anagram of 'ABOVE PAR'.

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(Other definitions for above par that I've seen before include "bad score on course" , "better than expected" , "Better than average, except in golf" , "Brave OAP may be better than average" , "at a premium" .)

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