Cryptic crossword clue
Good old weapon getting a quick look 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word GLANCE

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The straight part
We know that "quick look" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case quick look = glance.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does GLANCE mean?

GLANCE noun
  1. A brief or cursory look.
  2. A deflection.
  3. A stroke in which the ball is deflected to one side.
  4. A sudden flash of light or splendour.
  5. An incidental or passing thought or allusion.
  6. Any of various sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic lustre.
  7. Glance coal.
GLANCE verb
  1. To look briefly (at something).
  2. To graze a surface.
  3. To sparkle.
  4. To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.
  5. To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.
  6. To hit lightly with the head, make a deft header.
  7. To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; often with at.
  8. A type of interaction between parent fish and offspring in which juveniles swim toward and rapidly touch the sides of the parent, in most cases feeding on parental mucus. Relatively few species glance, mainly some Cichlidae.

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