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Troop’s leader supports capturing a mountain range (3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

the alps

'mountain range' is the definition.
(I know this)

'troop's leader supports capturing a' is the wordplay.
'leader' suggests taking the first letters.
'supports' becomes 'helps' (helping is a kind of supporting).
'capturing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
The initial letter of 'troops' is 't'.
'helps' placed around 'a' is 'healps'.
't'+'healps'='THE ALPS'

(Other definitions for the alps that I've seen before include "heights" , "natural barrier" , "Range" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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