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With climbers furious, short of peak, expedition leader dug in (5)

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ivied

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'with climbers' is the definition.
(covered in ivy)

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(Other definitions for ivied that I've seen before include "Covered with climbing plant" , "Covered in Hedera helix" , "Overgrown with creeper" , "Covered with creeper" , "with covering of creeper" .)

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