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Sick characters welcome heroic blockbusters sold to those with a mountain to climb

Ross

I believe the answer is:

icepicks

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'blockbusters sold to those with a mountain to climb' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'sick characters welcome heroic' is the wordplay.
'characters' indicates anagramming the letters.
'welcome' indicates putting letters inside (in sense of 'inviting in').
'heroic' becomes 'epic' ('epic' can be a synonym of 'heroic').
'sick' is an anagram of 'icks'.
'icks' going around 'epic' is 'ICEPICKS'.

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(Another definition for icepicks that I've seen is " Freezer accoutrements".)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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