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Well done: in a daze, showing patience (9)

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I believe the answer is:

tolerance

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

'well done in a daze' is the wordplay.
'well done' becomes 'ole' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'a daze' becomes 'trance' (I've seen this before).
'ole' inserted into 'trance' is 'TOLERANCE'.

'showing' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tolerance that I've seen before include "Ability to resist pain" , "Ability to stomach (something)" , "ecumenical spirit?" , "example of permissiveness" , "Amount of play" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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