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Brilliance in golf shown by little swine! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

glitter

'brilliance' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'golf shown by little swine' is the wordplay.
'golf' becomes 'g' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'shown by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'little swine' becomes 'litter' (litter could refer to a litter of piglets).
'g'+'litter'='GLITTER'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for glitter that I've seen before include "Shine brightly, coldly" , "Twinkle" , "Sparkle on cards" , "Gleam" , "Flash" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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