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Beer guts? (5,7)

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I believe the answer is:

dutch courage

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'beer guts?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'beer guts?' is the wordplay.
'beer' becomes 'dutch' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'guts?' becomes 'courage'.
'dutch'+'courage'='DUTCH COURAGE'

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(Other definitions for dutch courage that I've seen before include "Drunken swagger" , "Confidence gained from drinking alcohol" , "False bravery from drinking alcohol" , "Artificial bravery deriving from drink" , "Bottle of drink?" .)

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