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Boldly face America's modern dystopia (5,3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brave new world

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'modern dystopia' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'boldly face america's' is the wordplay.
'boldly' becomes 'brave' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'face' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'america' becomes 'newworld' (I've seen this before).
'brave'+'newworld'='BRAVE NEW WORLD'

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(Other definitions for brave new world that I've seen before include "reaction from Miranda on seeing Neapolitan court" , "dystopian novel" , "Futuristic novel by 16 dn" , "Book by Aldous Huxley" , "Title" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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