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Mountains of nettles picked up (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peaks

'mountains' is the definition.
(peak can mean the top of a mountain)

'nettles picked up' is the wordplay.
'nettles' becomes 'piques' (both can mean to annoy).
'picked up' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'piques' is a homophone of 'PEAKS'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for peaks that I've seen before include "Mountain tops" , "Highest points" , "Culminates" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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