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Angry act of submission to a medieval weapon (8)

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I believe the answer is:

crossbow

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'to a medieval weapon' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'angry act' is the wordplay.
'angry' becomes 'cross' (cross can mean annoyed or angry).
'act' becomes 'bow' (bow is a kind of act).
'cross'+'bow'='CROSSBOW'

'of submission' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for crossbow that I've seen before include "Missile-launcher" , "William Tell's weapon" , "Medieval weapon" , "Ancient weapon, shot bolts" , "Old weapon with mechanism for firing arrow" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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