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Cultivated fellow leaves with a gun (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

armed

'with a gun' is the definition.
(armed with a gun)

'cultivated fellow leaves' is the wordplay.
'cultivated' becomes 'farmed' (farming is a kind of cultivating).
'fellow' becomes 'f' (abbreviation - of a society etc.).
'leaves' is a deletion indicator.
'farmed' with 'f' removed is 'ARMED'.

(Other definitions for armed that I've seen before include "unlike the Venus of Milo" , "Dream about carrying weapons" , "Carrying a weapon" , "Provided with weapons" , "Prepared and equipped for a confrontation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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