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Peak where Scots man beat back riotous clan (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mont blanc

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'peak' is the definition.
(Mont Blanc is an example)

'scots man beat back riotous clan' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'man' could be 'n' (knight, a man in chess) and 'n' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'clan' is 'lanc' which is within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'where' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for mont blanc that I've seen before include "Highest mountain in the?Alps" , "Mountain in 6" , "Highest peak in the Alps" , "High spot in France (and partly 18)" , "peak of continental Europe" .)

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