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Strain bearing endless weight for Swiss people carrier? (3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ski lift

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'swiss people carrier?' is the definition.
'ski lift' can be an answer for 'carrier?' (a ski lift carries skiers). I'm unsure of the 'swiss people' bit.

'strain bearing endless weight' is the wordplay.
'strain' becomes 'sift' (synonyms).
'bearing' is an insertion indicator.
'endless weight' becomes 'kil' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sift' enclosing 'kil' is 'SKI-LIFT'.

'for' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for ski lift that I've seen before include "one can ride up here" , "Way to the top" , "it will ride up in the cold" , "Device for carrying winter sports enthusiasts" , "Winter sports ride" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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