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Large one knight carried? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lance

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'large one knight carried?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'large one knight carried?' is the wordplay.
'large' becomes 'L' (eg in clothes sizes).
'one' becomes 'ace' (ace has a value of one in some card games).
'knight' becomes 'n' (chess abbreviation).
'carried?' means one lot of letters goes inside another (one word carried by another word).
'ace' enclosing 'n' is 'ance'.
'l'+'ance'='LANCE'

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(Other definitions for lance that I've seen before include "Rider's long weapon" , "Weapon of knights of old" , "Clean (anag) -- weapon" , "Knightly weapon" , "Pointed instrument" .)

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