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Artist takes jetty to be a weapon (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rapier

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

'artist takes jetty' is the wordplay.
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'takes' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'jetty' becomes 'pier' (I've seen this before).
'ra'+'pier'='RAPIER'

'to be' is the link.

(Other definitions for rapier that I've seen before include "Narrow sword with two-edged blade" , "Sword for thrusting" , "Thin sharp sword" , "Long slender sword" , "Fine-bladed sword" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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