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Second weapon grating (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strident

'grating' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'second weapon' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'weapon' becomes 'trident' (trident is a kind of weapon).
's'+'trident'='STRIDENT'

(Other definitions for strident that I've seen before include "Harsh, grating" , "Loud and harsh over tridents" , "giving views forcefully" , "With a loud, harsh voice" , "harsh noise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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