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This woman will throw explosive missile (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shell

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This might be a double definition.

'this woman will' is the first definition.
(contraction of 'she will')

'throw explosive missile' is the second definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for shell that I've seen before include "What's explosive" , "Hard outer case" , "pepper?" , "See 18" , "Mollusc's casing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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