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Force under-secretary with the Italian musket (5)

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I believe the answer is:

fusil

'musket' is the definition.
(fusil is a kind of musket)

'force under-secretary with the italian' is the wordplay.
'force' becomes 'f' (abbreviation in physics e.g. f=ma).
'under secretary' becomes 'US' (abbreviation).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'the italian' becomes 'il' ('the' in Italian).
'f'+'us'+'il'='FUSIL'

(Another definition for fusil that I've seen is " Musket".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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