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Modesty of home up mountain in Lebanon –– it tantalises you initially (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

humility

'modesty' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'home up mountain in lebanon it tantalises you initially' is the wordplay.
'home up mountain in' becomes 'humi' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'lebanon it tantalises you' is 'lity'.
'humi'+'lity'='HUMILITY'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for humility that I've seen before include "Humble outlook" , "Lack of any false pride" , "Quality of having a low view of one's importance" , "Modest quality" , "Opposite of pride" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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