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Weapon plot is badly organised (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pistol

'weapon' is the definition.
(pistol is a kind of weapon)

'plot is badly organised' is the wordplay.
'badly organised' indicates anagramming the letters.
'plot'+'is'='plotis'
'plotis' anagrammed gives 'PISTOL'.

(Other definitions for pistol that I've seen before include "Officer's side-arm" , "Piece" , "A small hand-gun" , "Shakespearean - weapon" , "Rectangular" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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