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Burrowing into hill is very daring (5)

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I believe the answer is:

brave

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

'burrowing into hill is very' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'very' could be 'v' (common abbreviation) and 'v' is present in the answer.
'hill' could be 'brae' (Scottish term for a hill) and 'brae' is found within the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for brave that I've seen before include "Intrepid and fearless" , "Showing courage" , "Indian warrior" , "Egg-shaped" , "Hardy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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