Pointed weapon held by Hitler's bodyguard, etc. (6)
I believe the answer is:
spikes
'etc' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'pointed weapon held by hitler's bodyguard' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'weapon' could be 'pike' (pike is a kind of weapon) and 'pike' is present in the answer.
'bodyguard' could be 'ss' (the SS was originally Hitler's personal bodyguard) and 'ss' is found within the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for spikes that I've seen before include "Running shoes" , "Sharp points on athletes' shoes" , "Prongs" , "Makes (a gun) useless" .)