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Chutzpah and wit in queen, for example? (4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

face card

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'queen for example?' is the definition.
(queen is a kind of face card)

'chutzpah and wit' is the wordplay.
'chutzpah' becomes 'face' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'wit' becomes 'card' (synonyms).
'face'+'card'='FACE-CARD'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for face card that I've seen before include "Knave, perhaps" , "queen, perhaps" , "not a joker" , "One of 12 in a deck" , "King, queen or jack" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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