Take a quick look at a gold tipped spear (6)
I believe the answer is:
glance
'take a quick look' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a gold tipped spear' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'spear' could be 'lance' (synonyms) and 'lance' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'g' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'at' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for glance that I've seen before include "Swift look" , "Butcher's" , "Butcher" , "A dart of the eye" , "deflection" .)