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Angry with crook producing weapon (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crossbow

'weapon' is the definition.
(crossbow is a kind of weapon)

'angry with crook' is the wordplay.
'angry' becomes 'cross' (I've seen this before).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'crook' becomes 'bow'.
'cross'+'bow'='CROSSBOW'

'producing' is the link.

(Other definitions for crossbow that I've seen before include "Weapon (used to set off a quarrel?)" , "One responsible for shooting bolts" , "it could be wounding" , "historic weapon" , "Old weapon wiht mechanism for firing bolt" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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