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Weapon gathered aluminium alloy (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gunmetal

'alloy' is the definition.
(gunmetal is a kind of alloy)

'weapon gathered aluminium' is the wordplay.
'weapon' becomes 'gun' (I've seen this before).
'gathered' becomes 'met' ('meet' can be a synonym of 'gather').
'aluminium' becomes 'al' (Al is the chemical symbol for aluminium).
'gun'+'met'+'al'='GUNMETAL'

(Another definition for gunmetal that I've seen is " sheeny colour".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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