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Run (6)

Ross

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'run' is the definition.
(both can mean a rip in tights)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for ladder that I've seen before include "sometimes with companion" , "Run in stockings" , "Household climbing device or hole in stocking" , "Vertical run in tights" , "See 12" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, the USA Today, the Evening Standard, The Times, the Penny Press and The Sunday Times.
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