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Trim graduate climbing hill-range (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abridge

'trim' is the definition.
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'graduate climbing hill-range' is the wordplay.
'graduate' becomes 'ba'.
'climbing' says the letters should be written backwards (in a down clue, letters climb up).
'hill-range' becomes 'ridge' (I've seen this before).
'ba' reversed gives 'ab'.
'ab'+'ridge'='ABRIDGE'

(Other definitions for abridge that I've seen before include "Reduce the length of" , "Abbreviate, contract" , "Shorten, a book say, without losing the sense" , "Remove sections" , "Curtail" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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