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Reckon there's time left inside to be cowardly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gutless

'be cowardly' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'reckon there's time left inside' is the wordplay.
'reckon' becomes 'guess' (guessing is a kind of reckoning).
'there's' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'inside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
't'+'l' is 'tl'.
'guess' going around 'tl' is 'GUTLESS'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for gutless that I've seen before include "lacking a beer belly?" , "Cowardly, lacking intestines" , "Showing no evidence of bottle" , "racket like this is not much use" , "Lacking any backbone" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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