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Mountain peak cracked by ace climber? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bean

'climber?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'mountain peak cracked by ace' is the wordplay.
'mountain peak' becomes 'ben' (Scottish term for a peak as in Ben Nevis).
'cracked by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (to crack can mean to create a divide in).
'ace' becomes 'a' (**).
'ben' enclosing 'a' is 'BEAN'.

(Other definitions for bean that I've seen before include "Plant with seed in pod" , "Fava, kidney or mung, say" , "Haricot or runner?" , "Seed of a leguminous plant" , "Edible legume" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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