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Cited true performance shows conviction (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

certitude

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

'cited true performance' is the wordplay.
'performance' indicates an anagram.
'cited'+'true'='citedtrue'
'citedtrue' anagrammed gives 'CERTITUDE'.

'shows' is the link.

(Other definitions for certitude that I've seen before include "Feeling of surety" , "One's sure" , "A feeling of conviction, given rectitude" , "Something about which one is sure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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