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Only a brave person will give her a ring (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hero

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'only a brave person' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'give her a ring' is the wordplay.
'give' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a ring' becomes 'o' (letter resembling a ring).
'her' next to 'o' is 'HERO'.

'will' is the link.

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(Other definitions for hero that I've seen before include "Chief good guy in a story" , "Exemplar" , "Lover of Leander" , "Leander's love" , "eg Hercules" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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