Nuts near Celt holding a ball bearing (9)

I believe the answer is:

tolerance

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'bearing' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'nuts near celt holding a ball' is the wordplay.
'nuts' is an anagram indicator (nuts can mean crazy).
'holding' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a ball' becomes 'o' (O looks like a ball).
'near'+'celt'='nearcelt'
'nearcelt' anagrammed gives 'tlerance'.
'tlerance' enclosing 'o' is 'TOLERANCE'.

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(Other definitions for tolerance that I've seen before include "Ability to endure pain" , "Give" , "example of permissiveness" , "Being indulgent" , "Allowable variation (in a dimension)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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