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Occasionally meet star climbing this? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mesa

'climbing this?' is the definition.
(mesa is a type of hill)

'occasionally meet star' is the wordplay.
'occasionally' indicates alternate letters.
'meet'+'star'='meetstar'
The alternate letters of 'meetstar' are 'MESA'.

(Other definitions for mesa that I've seen before include "Flat-topped mountain" , "US steep-sided tableland" , "Flat tableland with steep sides" , "In the US south-west, a steep-sided flat-topped hill" , "Flat-topped tableland" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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