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Daring fellow without sense of sound? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

fearless

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

'fellow without sense of sound?' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'les' (Les is a man's name).
'without' is an insertion indicator (some letters go outside or 'without' others).
'sense of sound?' becomes 'fears' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'les' put within 'fears' is 'FEARLESS'.

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(Other definitions for fearless that I've seen before include "Hardy" , "Extremely brave" , "Audacious" , "Not afraid" , "Bold" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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