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Song of son climbing in trees (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

psalm

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

'son climbing in trees' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'son' could be 's' (genealogical abbreviation for son) and 's' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'palm' 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).

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for psalm that I've seen before include "Sacred poem attributed to David" , "Church hymn" , "Sacred song or hymn" , "Old Testament lyrical poem or prayer" , "OT song" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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