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Astonish with crazy climbing (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stun

'astonish' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'crazy climbing' is the wordplay.
'crazy' becomes 'nuts' (I've seen this before).
'climbing' says the letters should be written backwards (in a down clue, letters climb up).
'nuts' backwards is 'STUN'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for stun that I've seen before include "'Shock, daze (4)'" , "Stagger, amaze" , "Render semi-conscious with blow" , "Shock into silence" , "Take aback" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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