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Law about airgun debris (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rubble

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'debris' is the definition.
(I know that debris can be written as rubble)

'law about airgun' is the wordplay.
'law' becomes 'rule' (rule is a kind of law).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'airgun' becomes 'bb' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rule' placed around 'bb' is 'RUBBLE'.

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(Other definitions for rubble that I've seen before include "Bits of broken stone, brick etc" , "Lose stones" , "Stone/brick waste" , "Mass of rough fragments of brick or stone" , "Debris left after building or demolition" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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