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Deer has courage, they say (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hart

'deer' is the definition.
(hart is a kind of deer)

'courage they say' is the wordplay.
'courage' becomes 'heart' (heart is a kind of courage).
'they say' shows a homophone (sound like).
'heart' sounds like 'HART'.

'has' is the link.

(Other definitions for hart that I've seen before include "providing material for Richard Rodgers?" , "Richard Rodgers and Lorenz . . . . were famous musical partnership" , "Mature male deer" , "Ruminative type" , "Stag" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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