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Born to carry a gun, though you say not (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

negate

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'you say not' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'born to carry a gun' is the wordplay.
'born' becomes 'nee' (I've seen this before).
'to carry' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a gun' becomes 'gat' (gat is a kind of gun).
'nee' enclosing 'gat' is 'NEGATE'.

'though' is the link.

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(Other definitions for negate that I've seen before include "Age ten (anag)" , "Make invalid" , "disallow!" , "Discredit" , "Nullify - deny the existence of" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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