Town supports gold being given to American lawyer, demonstrating willingness to take risks (8)
I believe the answer is:
audacity
'to american lawyer demonstrating willingness to take risks' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'town supports gold being' is the wordplay.
'town' becomes 'city' (city is a type of town).
'supports' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (bottom letters provide a support for the top ones).
'gold' becomes 'Au' (Au is the chemical symbol for gold).
'being' becomes 'da' (D.A. is an example).
'au'+'da'='auda'
'city' put after 'auda' is 'AUDACITY'.
'given' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for audacity that I've seen before include "Aggressive boldness" , "Boldness - such nerve!" , "Boldness or cheeky daring" , "Cheek, nerve" , "Courage" .)