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Sheepish climber gets oxygen first (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ovine

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'sheepish' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'climber gets oxygen first' is the wordplay.
'climber' becomes 'vine' (climbing plant).
'gets oxygen' becomes 'o' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'first' says to put letters next to each other.
'vine' put after 'o' is 'OVINE'.

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(Other definitions for ovine that I've seen before include "Like the Cheviots" , "Relating to sheep" , "Resembling a sheep" , "Pertaining to sheep" , "like a mug" .)

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