Feature of Will’s extremely brave search? (7)

I believe the answer is:

bequest

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'feature of will's' is the definition.
'bequest' can be an answer for 'will's' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'feature of' bit.

'extremely brave search?' is the wordplay.
'extremely' means to remove the middle letters (only the extremes of the word are used).
'search?' becomes 'quest' (quest is a kind of search).
'brave' with its centre removed is 'be'.
'be'+'quest'='BEQUEST'

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(Other definitions for bequest that I've seen before include "One left in will" , "Something left in a will (7)" , "Gift by will of personal property" , "Endowment, legacy" , "Something gifted in a will" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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