S American native prepared after second to seize weapon (8)
I believe the answer is:
marmoset
'seize weapon' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
's american native prepared after second' is the wordplay.
's american native' becomes 'mar' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'prepared' becomes 'set' (set up or ready).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'second' becomes 'mo' (both are short periods of time).
'set' put after 'mo' is 'moset'.
'mar'+'moset'='MARMOSET'
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for marmoset that I've seen before include "Small monkey - Rome's mat (anag)" , "Take me to arms about bushy-tailed monkey of tropical America" , "Small tropical American monkey" , "Little monkey" , "rather small creature" .)