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Noon, and climb just beginning (7)

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I believe the answer is:

nascent

'just beginning' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'noon and climb' is the wordplay.
'noon' becomes 'n'.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'climb' becomes 'ascent' (synonyms).
'n'+'ascent'='NASCENT'

(Other definitions for nascent that I've seen before include "Coming into being, beginning to develop" , "Budding early" , "starting to happen" , "coming into circulation?" , "Being born - scan net (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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