German enters bearing peacekeeper's weapon (6)
I believe the answer is:
airgun
'weapon' is the definition.
(airgun is a kind of weapon)
'german enters bearing peacekeeper's' is the wordplay.
'german' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'enters' is an insertion indicator.
'bearing' becomes 'air' (I've seen this before**).
'peacekeeper' becomes 'un' (I've seen this in other clues).
'air'+'un'='airun'
'g' placed inside 'airun' is 'AIRGUN'.
(Another definition for airgun that I've seen is " Weapon with small shot".)
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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