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Bovine animal on a road with frozen area showing lack of courage (9)

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I believe the answer is:

cowardice

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'lack of courage' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'bovine animal on a road with frozen' is the wordplay.
'bovine' becomes 'cow' (cow is a kind of bovine).
'animal on a road' becomes 'ard' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'frozen' becomes 'ice' (I've seen this in other clues).
'cow'+'ard'+'ice'='COWARDICE'

'area showing' is the link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for cowardice that I've seen before include "Severe lack of courage" , "not bravery, either" , "Yellowness" , "Spinelessness" , "court-martial offence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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