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Shoots soldier with sawn-off gun in lawless SAS (9)

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asparagus

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'shoots soldier with sawn-off gun in lawless sas' is the definition.
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'soldier with sawn-off gun in lawless sas' is the wordplay.
'soldier' becomes 'para' (paratrooper).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'sawn-off' means to remove the last letter.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'lawless' indicates an anagram.
'gun' with its final letter removed is 'gu'.
'para'+'gu'='paragu'
'sas' is an anagram of 'ass'.
'paragu' put into 'ass' is 'ASPARAGUS'.

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(Other definitions for asparagus that I've seen before include "The Theatre Cat (T. S. Eliot); an edible plant" , "Plant with edible spears" , "cat in dramatic situation" , "Spears or shoots" , "Speared vegetable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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