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Before leaving Everest? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ere

'before' is the definition.
(usually literary)

'leaving everest?' is the wordplay.
'leaving' indicates a hidden word (the answer must leave the confines of the clue).
'ERE' can be found hidden inside 'everest'.

(Other definitions for ere that I've seen before include "Old prior" , "Before, poetically" , "Archaic word for before - a palindrome" , "Before (in poetry)" , "Before (in time)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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