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Cold-blooded climber close to coming second in commentary? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gecko

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'cold-blooded climber' is the definition.
'gecko' can be an answer for 'climber' (I have seen 'Malaysian climber' mean 'gecko' so perhaps 'climber' could also mean 'gecko'). I am not certain of the 'cold-blooded' bit.

'close to coming second in commentary?' is the wordplay.
'close to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'coming second' becomes 'o' (end letter of 'coming').
'in commentary?' becomes 'geck' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'o' put after 'geck' is 'GECKO'.

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(Other definitions for gecko that I've seen before include "Small lizard with adhesive foot-pads" , "Display" , "Wall Street character" , "House lizard" , "Cold-blooded creature" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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