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Burial mound yielding up British weapon (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arrow

'weapon' is the definition.
(I know that arrow is a type of missile)

'burial mound yielding up british' is the wordplay.
'burial mound' becomes 'barrow' (ancient burial mound).
'yielding up' is a deletion indicator.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'barrow' with 'b' taken away is 'ARROW'.

(Other definitions for arrow that I've seen before include "Archery projectile" , "Keepsake" , "Indicator; missile" , "Narrow missile" , "Dart; pointer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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