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Songstress is penetrating (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spears

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(Other definitions for spears that I've seen before include "Thrown weapons" , "Pointed poles as weapons" , "Stems of asparagus as weapons" , "stickers" , "Some broccoli" .)

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