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Valour needed for us to live to be 100? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

courage

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

'for us to live to be 100?' is the wordplay.
'for us' becomes 'our' (I've seen this in another clue).
'to live' becomes 'age' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'be a00?' becomes 'c' (Roman numeral).
'our'+'age'='ourage'
'ourage' put after 'c' is 'COURAGE'.

'needed' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for courage that I've seen before include "Bravery, spirit" , "Bravery, heroism" , "Grit" , "Bravery, fortitude" , "See 6" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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