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He has skill and courage (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heart

'courage' is the definition.
(I know that heart is a type of courage)

'he has skill' is the wordplay.
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'skill' becomes 'art' (both can mean a talent).
'he'+'art'='HEART'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for heart that I've seen before include "bottle" , "Core; organ" , "Decorated (cake)" , "Kernel" , "Playing card - pity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News, The Telegraph and the Evening Standard.
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