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Rough outline for conquering mountain, presented by Fiennes (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ralph

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'rough outline' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'conquering mountain presented by fiennes' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'mountain' could be 'alp' (the Alps are a mountain range) and 'alp' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'rh' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for ralph that I've seen before include "Boy's name" , "Piggy's friend (Lord of the Flies); --- Vaughan Williams" , "man" , "--- Waldo Emerson, US writer" , "N Waldo Emerson, nineteenth century US poet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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