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Lack of bravery making bully order a cider (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cowardice

'lack of bravery' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'bully order a cider' is the wordplay.
'bully' becomes 'cow' (cow can mean to bully or oppress).
'order' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'cider'='acider'
'acider' with letters rearranged gives 'ardice'.
'cow'+'ardice'='COWARDICE'

'making' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for cowardice that I've seen before include "not bravery, either" , "Craven fear in face of enemy" , "Spinelessness" , "court-martial offence" , "Spineless character" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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