Bold character in Odyssey, intrepid after losing first love (10)
I believe the answer is:
chivalrous
'bold' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'character in odyssey intrepid after losing first love' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'character' could be 'chi' (chi is a kind of letter of the alphabet) and 'chi' is present in the answer.
'first' could be 'a' and 'a' is found in the answer.
'love' could be 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero') and 'o' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chivalrous that I've seen before include "Gentlemanly" , "Courteous and gallant" , "Like a knight" .)