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Spike's neat boy roughed up (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bayonet

'spike's' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'neat boy roughed up' is the wordplay.
'roughed up' is an anagram indicator.
'neat'+'boy'='neatboy'
'neatboy' with letters rearranged gives 'BAYONET'.

(Other definitions for bayonet that I've seen before include "Blade fixed to a rifle" , "Stabbing weapon" , "Pointed weapon" , "Rifle attachment" , "Knife fixed to the end of a rifle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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