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Climber in vivid red, athletic person (7,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scarlet runner

'climber' is the definition.
(I know that scarlet runner is a type of coral pea)

'vivid red athletic person' is the wordplay.
'vivid red' becomes 'scarlet' (scarlet is a shade of red).
'athletic person' becomes 'runner' (runner is a type of athlete).
'scarlet'+'runner'='SCARLET-RUNNER'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for scarlet runner that I've seen before include "one going up the pole" , "Variety of bean" , "Type of bean" , "trained climber in garden" , "one to train on the pole in garden" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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