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Weapon that is a double-edged knife (5)

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I believe the answer is:

bowie

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'a double-edged knife' is the definition.
'bowie' can be an answer for 'knife' (Bowie knife is an example). I'm not certain of the 'a double-edged' bit.

'weapon that is' is the wordplay.
'weapon' becomes 'bow' (bow is a kind of weapon).
'that is' becomes 'ie' (short for Latin 'id est', 'that is').
'bow'+'ie'='BOWIE'

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(Other definitions for bowie that I've seen before include "David --, rock singer/songwriter" , "American frontiersman, killed at the Alamo, 1836" , "Dagger-knife" , "David --, singer" , "Art rocker David" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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