Gumption (4)
'gumption' is the definition.
(I know that nous is a type of gumption)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for nous that I've seen before include "Common sense (sl.)" , "Abroad we" , "Knowledge, experience" , "Informal common sense" , "How the French describe their own" .)
(Other definitions for nerve that I've seen before include "Bodily fibre carrying sensation" , "Fibre that carries instructions to the brain" , "Sensitive fibre in the body" , "Fearlessness" , "Hold it and maintain courage" .)
'gumption' is the definition.
(I know that gumption can be written as sense)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for sense that I've seen before include "Meaning; perception" , "Suspect" , "Feel, perceive" , "reasonable" , "Understand" .)