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Equal beat at climbing tor (10)

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I believe the answer is:

tantamount

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'equal' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'beat at climbing tor' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'beat' could be 'tan' (I've seen this before) and 'tan' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for tantamount that I've seen before include "Equal in value" , "Equivalent in value (to)" , "Virtually equivalent (to)" , "Equivalent in seriousness (to)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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