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Brave call following positive response from Putin? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

daring

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'brave' is the definition.
(daring can mean adventurous or courageous)

'call following positive response from putin?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'call' could be 'ring' (telephone call) and 'ring' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'da' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for daring that I've seen before include "Boldly dramatic or unconventional" , "Risque" , "rash" , "A grind (anag.)" , "Derring-do" .)

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