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Uncertain range of French projectile (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grenade

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'projectile' is the 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?

'uncertain range of french' is the wordplay.
'uncertain' indicates an anagram.
'of french' becomes 'de' ('of' in French).
'range' with letters rearranged gives 'grena'.
'grena'+'de'='GRENADE'

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(Other definitions for grenade that I've seen before include "Small hand-bomb" , "Bomb with a pin" , "hand-held missile" , "Handy bomb" , "Small explosive that is thrown" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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