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Climb over mountains to live in the countryside (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ruralise

'live in the countryside' is the definition.
(to live in a rural area)

'climb over mountains' is the wordplay.
'climb' becomes 'rise' (synonyms).
'over' is an insertion indicator.
'mountains' becomes 'ural' (the Ural Mountains).
'rise' going around 'ural' is 'RURALISE'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Another definition for ruralise that I've seen is " adopt country ways".)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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