The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ARROWS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result ARROWS
- Old weapons in unopened graves
- Quarrels when school’s dismissing head
- New wars or old weapons
- They may be all in a quiver
- Remove tip of thin, small projectiles
- Indicators of ancient mounds truncated at the front
- Local game not the origin of pub brawls
- Gunners return to lines with weapons
- Pointers for a bank to disburse money
- Pointers to leaders of airborne rescue/recovery operations over Western sector
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What does ARROWS mean?
ARROWS noun- A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
- A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g. →).
- A directed edge.
- A dart.
- The -> symbol, which has specific meanings in various programming languages.
- The inflorescence or tassel of a mature sugar cane plant.
- To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow)
- To let fly swiftly and directly
- (of a sugar cane plant) To develop an inflorescence.
- To navigate using the arrow keys.