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Pick up courage no end (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hear

'pick up' is the definition.
(hearing is a kind of picking up)

'courage no end' is the wordplay.
'courage' becomes 'heart' (heart is a kind of courage).
'no end' means to remove the last letter.
'heart' with its last letter removed is 'HEAR'.

(Other definitions for hear that I've seen before include "Listen to" , "Catch" , "Perceive aurally" , "receive information" , "Pay attention" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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