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A large weapon creates terror (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alarm

'terror' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a large weapon' is the wordplay.
'large' becomes 'l'.
'weapon' becomes 'arm' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'l'+'arm'='ALARM'

'creates' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for alarm that I've seen before include "Frighten or startle" , "Noise giving warning" , "Shock; danger signal" , "Feeling of fear" , "Device sounding danger" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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