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Bill King perhaps supports mountain climbing (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

placard

'bill' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'king perhaps supports mountain climbing' is the wordplay.
'king perhaps' becomes 'card' (king is a kind of card).
'supports' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (bottom letters provide a support for the top ones).
'mountain' becomes 'alp' (alp is a kind of mountain**).
'climbing' says the letters should be written backwards (in a down clue, letters climb up).
'alp' reversed gives 'pla'.
'card' after 'pla' is 'PLACARD'.

(Other definitions for placard that I've seen before include "Slogan or message of protest on board" , "what may be carried in a demo" , "Bill" , "Sign posted in a public place as an advertisement" , "Sign for public display" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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