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With joyous heart, Middle-easterner is climbing Mecca (8)

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yosemite

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(Other definitions for yosemite that I've seen before include "US National Park in California" , "Californian national park" , "California falls, valley, park" , "Where there are watery cascades" , "Natl. Park in California" .)

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