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Mountain woman who was tempted to take things easy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

everest

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'mountain' is the definition.
(Mount Everest)

'woman who was tempted to take things easy' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'woman' could be 'vere' and 'vere' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'est' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for everest that I've seen before include "High mountain" , "Tallest mountain ..." , "High peak" , "Himalayan peak" , "Himalyan peak" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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