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Give them weapon, and point backwards, indicating specific part of body (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

armpit

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'part of body' is the definition.
('armpit' is part of 'body')

'give them weapon and point backwards indicating specific' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'weapon' could be 'arm' (synonyms) and 'arm' is present in the answer.
'point' could be 'pit' (pit is a kind of point) and 'pit' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for armpit that I've seen before include "Where to put a crutch" , "Depression under an upper limb" , "Hairy spot" , "Hairy hollow" , "part of the body" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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