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Arsenal player who'd take a shot? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gunner

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'a shot?' is the definition.
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'arsenal player who'd take' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'player' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is present in the answer.
'take' could be 'r' (abbreviation for 'recipe', Latin for 'take') and 'r' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'gunn' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for gunner that I've seen before include "Private in the Royal Artillery" , "Artilleryman" , "Artillery soldier" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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