Crossword Genius

Spear produced by stupid person, say, leading to fine? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

assegai

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

'stupid person say leading to fine?' is the wordplay.
'stupid person' becomes 'ass' (I've seen this before).
'say' becomes 'eg'.
'leading to' says to put letters next to each other (some letters go before or lead others).
'fine?' becomes 'ai' (I've seen this in other clues).
'ass'+'eg'+'ai'='ASSEGAI'

'produced by' is the link.

(Other definitions for assegai that I've seen before include "A Zulu warrior's spear" , "something pointed" , "spear made from wood" , "Ages as I threw the spear" , "African weapon" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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