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20 answers for: Descending a rock-face on a rope (9)
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ABSEILINGDescending a rock-face on a rope (9)
ABSEILLet yourself down a rock face on a double rope (6)
ABSEILSRappels down a cliff face on a rope (7)
CATERWAULShriek from animal on a rock face, we hear (9)
AVALANCHEA hurtling mass of snow, with ice and rock, descending a mountainside (9)
WANTEDMANFace on a poster
FREECLIMBAscend a rock face without aids for support
ROCKOPERATommy, say, to sway on a rope, carelessly (4,5)
REACHABLEHenry half-way along on a rope within touching distance
SCRAMBLINGPursuit of ascending a rock face with one's hands/feet but no rope; motocross; or, a method of cooking lightly-whisked eggs in a pan (10)
THMSJFFRSNFace on a $2 bill (6,9)
NEROFace on a coin of A.D. 64
CHIMNEYFireplace flue cleaned by a sweep; glass tube around an oil lamp's flame; or, a narrow cleft in a rock face, just big enough to climb inside and ascend (7)
SLABA paving-stone; a thick slice of cake, cheese or chocolate; or, a rock face angled between 30degrees and 60degrees (4)
RAPPELRope down a rock face
PITONIron peg driven into rock or ice to support a mountaineer on a rope (5)
KEELHAULINGGrim marine punishment of dragging a wrongdoer on a rope under a ship (11)
LEADEROrchestra's principal first violin; a dog or horse at the front of a team; the head of an expedition; or, the first climber on a rope (6)
ASSAILDescend a cliff on a rope (6)
TREESupport for a tire on a rope, maybe