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Develop a way through the Scottish mountain (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

broaden

'develop' is the definition.
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'a way through the scottish mountain' is the wordplay.
'a way' becomes 'road' (road is a kind of way).
'through' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters go through the word).
'the scottish mountain' becomes 'ben' (Scottish term for a peak, eg Ben Nevis).
'road' going within 'ben' is 'BROADEN'.

(Other definitions for broaden that I've seen before include "Widen" , "Extend" , "Make wider" , "Make wide or liberal, perhaps the mind" , "Stretch" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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