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To listen to a thickhead takes courage (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heart

'courage' is the definition.
(I know that heart is a type of courage)

'to listen to a thickhead' is the wordplay.
'to listen to' becomes 'hear' (to hear something is to listen to it).
'a thickhead' becomes 't' (head letter of 'thick').
'hear'+'t'='HEART'

'takes' is the link.

(Other definitions for heart that I've seen before include "Earth (anag) -- compassion" , "Kernel" , "bottle" , "Cardiac organ" , "Playing card - pity" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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