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The environment's getting harder (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

setting

This clue is a double definition.

'the environment's' is the first definition.
(setting is a kind of environment)

'getting harder' is the second definition.

(Other definitions for setting that I've seen before include "Scene" , "An event's location; hardening" , "Place where an event takes place" , "Surroundings of a place" , "Mount for gem" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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