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Boldness about the time we live in (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

courage

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'boldness' is the definition.
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'about the time we live in' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'about' could be 'c' (abbreviation for circa) and 'c' is located in the answer.
'time' could be 'age' (an age is a period of time) and 'age' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'our' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for courage that I've seen before include "Daring" , "Bottle" , "Gallantry" , "Bravery, spirit" , "Bravery, heroism" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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