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With sun in orbit one means to ascend (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stair

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'with sun in orbit one' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.

'means to ascend' is the wordplay.
'means' becomes 'air ' (I have seen 'Means of travelling' mean 'air ' so perhaps 'means' could also mean 'air ').
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'ascend' becomes 'st' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'air' after 'st' is 'STAIR'.

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(Other definitions for stair that I've seen before include "One step of a flight" , "Tarsi (anag)" , "Bit of a flight!" , "One of a 15" , "this could get one down" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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