Demobbed soldier finally given firearms, regularly missing sources of heat? (6)
I believe the answer is:
driers
'sources of heat?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
I also know that 'heat' relates to this answer.
'demobbed soldier finally given firearms regularly missing' is the wordplay.
'finally' says to take the final letters.
'given' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'regularly missing' means one should take alternating letters (letters removed at regular intervals).
The final letters of 'demobbed soldier' are 'dr'.
The alternate letters of 'firearms' are 'iers'.
'dr'+'iers'='DRIERS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for driers that I've seen before include "tumblers, say" , "who aim to drain you?" .)