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Bath perhaps welcoming female climber (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sherpa

'climber' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Experienced climber' mean 'sherpa' so perhaps 'climber' could also mean 'sherpa')

'bath perhaps welcoming female' is the wordplay.
'bath perhaps' becomes 'spa' (Bath is a spa town).
'welcoming' indicates putting letters inside (in sense of 'inviting in').
'female' becomes 'her' (I've seen this before).
'spa' placed around 'her' is 'SHERPA'.

(Other definitions for sherpa that I've seen before include "Nepalese mountaineer" , "High-up employee" , "Himalayan - phrase (anag)" , "Himalayan dweller" , "mountaineer, maybe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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