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Support a sort of Buddhist quality? That takes effrontery (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brazenness

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

'support a sort of buddhist quality?' is the wordplay.
'support' becomes 'bra' (a support for the breasts).
'a sort of buddhist' becomes 'zen' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'quality?' becomes 'ness' (I've seen this in other clues).
'bra'+'zen'+'ness'='BRAZENNESS'

'that takes' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for brazenness that I've seen is " Effrontery".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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