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Confidence from fresh ideas (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aside

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'confidence' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'fresh ideas' is the wordplay.
'fresh' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ideas' with letters rearranged gives 'ASIDE'.

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for aside that I've seen before include "Privately, apart" , "(Pushed) out of the way" , "Aides (anag.)" , "Where one's taken for intimacy" , "Whispered comment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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