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Moral excellence can be found in GOSH (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

goodness

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'moral excellence' is the definition.
(being morally good)

'be found in gosh' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'be' could be 'go' (going is a kind of being) and 'go' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'can' is the link.

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(Other definitions for goodness that I've seen before include "Morality, generosity, kindness" , "Moral excellence" , "Virtue; excellence" , "Boy" , "Quality of being morally good or virtuous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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