Weapon a lawyer in America ships (6)
I believe the answer is:
armada
'ships' is the definition.
(group of ships)
'weapon a lawyer in america' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'weapon' could be 'arm' (synonyms) and 'arm' is found within the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
'lawyer' could be 'da' (abbreviation for District Attorney) and 'da' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for armada that I've seen before include "group of ships" , "A great fleet - Spain had one" , "Many ships" , "Naval fighting force" , "Large flotilla" .)