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Under Scots mountain hate festering (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beneath

'under' is the definition.
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'scots mountain hate festering' is the wordplay.
'scots mountain' becomes 'ben' (eg Ben Nevis).
'festering' indicates anagramming the letters.
'hate' is an anagram of 'eath'.
'ben'+'eath'='BENEATH'

(Other definitions for beneath that I've seen before include "At a lower place" , "in a lower position" , "Unbefitting" , "Inferior to" , "At a lower level (than)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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