The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LANCE
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More clues leading to the result LANCE
- Fine fabric used to sheathe knight's weapon
- Quick butcher's severing grand knight's arm
- Left expert holding knight's weapon
- Weapon cops initially found in road
- Soldier's material preceding article in medical journal
- Weapon's spike catching knight
- Offensive weapon in manner of speaking not normal
- Pierce Brosnan finally wears tie
- Weapon held up by a corporal?
- What surgeon might use, cutting opening in unclothed heavenly body
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The straight part
We know that "Weapon held up" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case weapon held up = lance.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does LANCE mean?
LANCE noun- A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
- A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knightâs armour.
- A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
- A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
- An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
- (founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
- One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
- A lancet.
- To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
- To open with a lancet; to pierce
- To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.