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Excessively bold oddball I've confronted (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overconfident

'excessively bold' is the definition.
(I know that overconfident is a more specific form of the attribute excessively bold)

'oddball i've confronted' is the wordplay.
'oddball' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'ive'+'confronted'='iveconfronted'
'iveconfronted' anagrammed gives 'OVERCONFIDENT'.

(Other definitions for overconfident that I've seen before include "Cock-sure" , "Too bullish" , "Too certain of oneself" , "Too bold or certain" , "Too sure of oneself" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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