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Ascend, I hear, in literary weather conditions (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

clime

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'weather conditions' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'ascend i hear' is the wordplay.
'ascend' becomes 'climb' (climbing is a kind of ascending).
'i hear' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'climb' sounds like 'CLIME'.

'in literary' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for clime that I've seen before include "Country, region" , "Region characterised by its general weather" .)

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