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Unhappy after climb cut back (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scale down

'cut back' is the definition.
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'unhappy after climb' is the wordplay.
'unhappy' becomes 'down' (I've seen this before).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'climb' becomes 'scale' (scaling is a kind of climbing).
'down' after 'scale' is 'SCALE DOWN'.

(Other definitions for scale down that I've seen before include "cut back" , "Reduce in proportion to original" , "Make smaller in proportion to original" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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