Spear used in southern Africa (7)

I believe the answer is:

assegai

'spear used in southern africa' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for assegai that I've seen before include "African spear" , "Zulu fighting spear" , "A Zulu warrior's spear" , "Sea gas I convert to a Zulu spear" , "Spear used in southern Africa" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Simplex) and The Irish Times.

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