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Brand new day, etc, for coward (7-3)

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I believe the answer is:

scaredy-cat

'coward' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'brand new day etc' is the wordplay.
'brand' becomes 'scar' (I've seen this before).
'new' is an anagram indicator.
'day'+'etc'='dayetc'
'dayetc' anagrammed gives 'edycat'.
'scar'+'edycat'='SCAREDY-CAT'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for scaredy-cat that I've seen before include "Timid person (or feline?)" , "Coward" , "7 across" , "One easily frightened" , "Timid type" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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