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Esteem for scrambling up tree (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

repute

'esteem' is the definition.
(I know that esteem can be written as repute)

'scrambling up tree' is the wordplay.
'scrambling' indicates an anagram.
'up'+'tree'='uptree'
'uptree' anagrammed gives 'REPUTE'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for repute that I've seen before include "State of high regard" , "General impression given" , "Up tree (anag)" , "Celebrity, renown" , "State of high esteem" .)

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