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Let oneself down while climbing, say, fib about underlying muscles (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abseil

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'let oneself down' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fib about underlying muscles' is the wordplay.
'fib' becomes 'lie' (a fib is a lie).
'about' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'underlying' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters lie under others).
'muscles' becomes 'abs' (short for abdominal muscles).
'lie' reversed gives 'eil'.
'eil' after 'abs' is 'ABSEIL'.

'while climbing say' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for abseil that I've seen before include "Climb down using a double rope" , "Descend rock face on rope" , "Use a rope to climb down a mountain" , "going down" , "Slide down on rope" .)

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