Crossword Genius

No dancer dances with artillery (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ordnance

'artillery' is the definition.
(I know that artillery can be written as ordnance)

'no dancer dances' is the wordplay.
'dances' indicates anagramming the letters.
'no'+'dancer'='nodancer'
'nodancer' with letters rearranged gives 'ORDNANCE'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ordnance that I've seen before include "guns etc." , "The Survey provides maps" , "regulation" , "Heavy guns and military supplies" , "Arsenal's big guns" .)

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