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Weapon readily found round Lake (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rifle

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

'readily found round lake' is the wordplay.
'readily' becomes 'rife' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'found round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'lake' becomes 'L' (geographical abbreviation).
'rife' placed around 'l' is 'RIFLE'.

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(Other definitions for rifle that I've seen before include "Firearm - plunder" , "strip bare?" , "Security provider with stock" , "One that has stock" , "Root" .)

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