Brave anonymous lady and I entered Orange County (6)
I believe the answer is:
heroic
'brave' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'lady and i entered orange county' is the wordplay.
'lady' becomes 'her' (her refers to a woman).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'entered' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'orange county' becomes 'oc' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'i' inserted into 'oc' is 'oic'.
'her'+'oic'='HEROIC'
'anonymous' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for heroic that I've seen before include "Gallant" , "lion-hearted" , "Like a brave man" , "Dramatic" , "Superhuman (efforts)" .)