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Variety of pea that's a good climber (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ape

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'a good climber' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'variety of pea' is the wordplay.
'variety of' indicates anagramming the letters.
'pea' with letters rearranged gives 'APE'.

'that's' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for ape that I've seen before include "Large primate" , "Simian - copy" , "drill" , "Imitate like primate" , "Primate resembling a human" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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