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Virtue of good competition (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grace

'virtue' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'good competition' is the wordplay.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'competition' becomes 'race' (race is a kind of competition).
'g'+'race'='GRACE'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for grace that I've seen before include "Elegance; blessing" , "Comeliness" , "'Amazing - - '" , "Old batsman" , "34 [CRICKETER]" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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