Harpoons (6)
I believe the answer is:
spears
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">harpoons</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('spear' can be a synonym of 'harpoon')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for spears that I've seen before include "pop singer" , "asparagus perhaps" , "Pointed poles as weapons" , "Pointed stems of asparagus" , "Stems of asparagus as weapons" .)