Bluster and just beat European launcher of darts (8)
I believe the answer is:
blowpipe
'launcher of darts' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'bluster and just beat european' is the wordplay.
'bluster' becomes 'blow' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'just beat' becomes 'pip' (as in pipping someone to the post).
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'blow'+'pip'+'e'='BLOWPIPE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for blowpipe that I've seen before include "Native dart weapon" , "Poison-dart weapon" , "Use it to shape glass" , "Primitive weapon held in the mouth" , "Tube for hurling darts" .)