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Strange man in tedious climb here? (12)

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I believe the answer is:

mountainside

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'climb here?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both natural objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'strange man in tedious' is the wordplay.
'strange' is an anagram indicator.
'man'+'in'+'tedious'='manintedious'
'manintedious' with letters rearranged gives 'MOUNTAINSIDE'.

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(Other definitions for mountainside that I've seen before include "Incline" , "where many adventurous explorers go?" , "It isn't flat" , "Big hill slope" , "One's inclined" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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