Cryptic crossword clue
One in climbing stumbles, showing courage 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SPIRIT

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The straight part
We know that "courage" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case courage = spirit.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SPIRIT mean?

SPIRIT noun
  1. The soul of a person or other creature. What moves through experience into self-definition as souls purpose.
  2. A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
  3. Enthusiasm.
  4. The manner or style of something.
  5. (usually in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.
  6. Energy; ardour.
  7. One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.
  8. Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; often in the plural.
  9. Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
  10. A rough breathing; an aspirate, such as the letter h; also, a mark denoting aspiration.
  11. Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.
  12. Any of the four substances: sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, and arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
  13. (dyeing) Stannic chloride.
SPIRIT verb
  1. To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.
  2. To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; sometimes followed by up.

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