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As ages reflect I find a weapon (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

assegai

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

'as ages reflect i' is the wordplay.
'reflect' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'ages' reversed gives 'sega'.
'as'+'sega'+'i'='ASSEGAI'

'find' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for assegai that I've seen before include "African weapon" , "Ages as I threw the spear" , "spear made from wood" , "something pointed" , "Spear used in southern Africa" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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