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Tailless biped breathes deep, pressure for this weapon? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blowpipe

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

'tailless biped breathes deep pressure' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'deep' could be 'low' (similar in meaning) and 'low' is located in the answer.
'pressure' could be 'p' (scientific abbreviation) and 'p' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for blowpipe that I've seen before include "Tube for propelling darts, pellets etc" , "Primitive native weapon" , "Missile launcher" , "Native dart weapon" , "Use it to shape glass" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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