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Argues over daughter and son getting weapons (6)

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I believe the answer is:

swords

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'weapons' is the definition.
(sword is a kind of weapon)

'argues over daughter and son' is the wordplay.
'argues' becomes 'rows' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'over' says the letters should be written backwards.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'son' becomes 's' (genealogical abbreviation for son).
'rows' back-to-front is 'swor'.
'swor'+'d'+'s'='SWORDS'

'getting' is the link.

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(Other definitions for swords that I've seen before include "Bladed weapon" , "Eg, rapiers, sabres" , "Thrusting weapons" , "Weaponry" , "Weapons; a Tarot suit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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