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Understands it's a gun - a woman's (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gathers

'understands' is the definition.
('gather' can be a synonym of 'understand')

'a gun a woman's' is the wordplay.
'a gun' becomes 'gat' (gat is a kind of gun).
'a woman's' becomes 'hers' (her refers to a woman).
'gat'+'hers'='GATHERS'

'it's' is the link.

(Other definitions for gathers that I've seen before include "Collects in one place" , "Harvests" , "Draws together" , "The rags (anag.)" , "Part of dress" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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