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Twisting a wire, it's for climber (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wisteria

'climber' is the definition.
(the wisteria is a climbing plant)

'twisting a wire it's' is the wordplay.
'twisting' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'wire'+'its'='awireits'
'awireits' is an anagram of 'WISTERIA'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for wisteria that I've seen before include "I saw tire in this vine with the long flower clusters" , "Large climbing shrub, often attached to house" , "As I write badly about the flowering vine" , "Climbing lilac-flowered shrub" , "A flower, I swear it" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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