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Anchored conifer on mountain top (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

firm

'anchored' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'conifer on mountain top' is the wordplay.
'conifer' becomes 'fir' (fir is a kind of conifer).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'top' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'mountain' is 'm'.
'fir'+'m'='FIRM'

(Other definitions for firm that I've seen before include "Not soft or yielding to pressure" , "Steady commercial organisation?" , "Company - solid" , "Business company" , "corporation?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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