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Plot is to involve gun (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pistol

'gun' is the definition.
(I know that pistol is a type of gun)

'plot is to involve' is the wordplay.
'to involve' indicates anagramming the letters.
'plot'+'is'='plotis'
'plotis' is an anagram of 'PISTOL'.

(Other definitions for pistol that I've seen before include "pop" , "Type of gun" , "Spoilt these guns" , "Hand-held firearm" , "A small hand-gun" .)

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