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Mountain lady to take a break (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

everest

'mountain' is the definition.
(Mount Everest)

'lady to take a break' is the wordplay.
'lady' becomes 'eve' (woman's name).
'to take a break' becomes 'rest' (to have a rest is to take a break).
'eve'+'rest'='EVEREST'

(Other definitions for everest that I've seen before include "Himalyan peak" , "One conquered in 1953" , "A mountain to climb" , "Mountain on the Nepal-Tibet border" , "Highest peak" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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