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Brave anonymous lady and I entered Orange County (6)

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I believe the answer is:

heroic

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'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.

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(Other definitions for heroic that I've seen before include "Gallant" , "lion-hearted" , "Like a brave man" , "Dramatic" , "Superhuman (efforts)" .)

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