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Small fruit is weapon (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spear

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

'small fruit' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'fruit' becomes 'pear' (pear is a kind of fruit).
's'+'pear'='SPEAR'

(Other definitions for spear that I've seen before include "Long pointed weapon" , "Javelin or harpoon" , "Impale" , "stick" , "Thrown weapon" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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