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Irish men sent over irregular glue gun? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rifle

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'gun?' is the definition.
(I know that rifle is a type of firearm)

'irish men sent over irregular glue' is the wordplay.
'irish men' becomes 'fir' ('men' in Irish Gaelic).
'sent over' is a reversal indicator.
'irregular glue' becomes 'le' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'fir' reversed gives 'rif'.
'rif'+'le'='RIFLE'

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(Other definitions for rifle that I've seen before include "strip bare?" , "loot in sack" , "Rummage" , "Firearm - plunder" , "Root" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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