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In a gun, the extremes literally are of brass (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brazen

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'of brass' is the definition.
'brazen' can be an answer for 'brass' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'of' bit.

'in a gun the extremes literally' is the wordplay.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'a gun' becomes 'bren' (Bren is an example).
'the extremes literally' becomes 'az' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bren' going around 'az' is 'BRAZEN'.

'are' is the link.

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(Other definitions for brazen that I've seen before include "Insolent, barefaced" , "Bold-faced" , "Shameless and bold - resembling brass" , "Unashamedly flagrant" , "Shameless (impudence)" .)

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