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Secure and abundant source for weapon (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

landmine

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'weapon' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'secure and abundant source' is the wordplay.
'secure' becomes 'land' (I've seen this in another clue).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'abundant source' becomes 'mine' (I've seen this in another clue).
'land'+'mine'='LANDMINE'

'for' is the link.

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(Another definition for landmine that I've seen is " Explosive".)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Times.
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