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Daring ball over heads of front line from Dublin (4)

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I believe the answer is:

bold

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'daring' is the definition.
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'ball over heads of front line from dublin' is the wordplay.
'heads of' indicates taking the first letters.
'front' suggests taking the first letters.
'from' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'dublin' becomes 'd' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
The initial letters of 'ball over' is 'bo'.
The initial letter of 'line' is 'l'.
'bo'+'l'+'d'='BOLD'

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(Other definitions for bold that I've seen before include "Conspicuous" , "Daring, courageous" , "Audacious" , "Suspended; kept cold" , "Courageous, confident" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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