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Rock's more daring for the audience (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

boulder

'rock's' is the definition.
(boulder is a kind of rock)

'more daring for the audience' is the wordplay.
'more daring' becomes 'bolder' (bold can mean daring or brave).
'for the audience' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue (how an audience might hear it).
'bolder' is a homophone of 'BOULDER'.

(Other definitions for boulder that I've seen before include "Large stone" , "Big rock" , "Large smooth rounded rock" , "Colorado city" , "US city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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