Climbing gear made by small man after diamonds (3,5)

I believe the answer is:

ice screw

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'climbing gear made' is the definition.
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'small man after diamonds' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'man' becomes 'crew' (crewing is a kind of manning).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'diamonds' becomes 'ice' (slang term for diamonds).
's'+'crew'='screw'
'screw' after 'ice' is 'ICE SCREW'.

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