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Weapons raised for male animal (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stag

'male animal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'weapons raised' is the wordplay.
'weapons' becomes 'gats' (gat is a kind of weapon).
'raised' says the letters should be written in reverse (going up in a down clue).
'gats' written backwards gives 'STAG'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for stag that I've seen before include "without female escort" , "A fully-grown male deer" , "Male animal" , "One who speculates" , "in a rut, perhaps?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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