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Fresh prey spotted up in the mountains (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pyrenees

'the mountains' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fresh prey spotted up' is the wordplay.
'fresh' indicates anagramming the letters (a fresh re-ordering of the letters).
'spotted' becomes 'seen' (spot can mean to see or notice).
'up' says the letters should be written backwards (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'seen' in reverse letter order is 'nees'.
'prey' anagrammed gives 'pyre'.
'pyre'+'nees'='PYRENEES'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for pyrenees that I've seen before include "Chain of mountains" , "Andorra in these mountains" , "Mountains between France and Spain" , "Mountain range between France and Spain" , "European mountains" .)

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