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Daring Nazis are after fortune hidden in tree (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pluckiness

'daring' is the definition.
(I know that daring can be written as pluckiness)

'nazis are after fortune hidden in tree' is the wordplay.
'nazis' becomes 'SS' (the SS was a Nazi organisation).
'are after' says to put letters next to each other.
'fortune' becomes 'luck' (synonyms).
'hidden in' is an insertion indicator.
'tree' becomes 'pine' (pine is a kind of tree).
'luck' put inside 'pine' is 'pluckine'.
'ss' after 'pluckine' is 'PLUCKINESS'.

(Another definition for pluckiness that I've seen is " Courage".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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