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Guevara having friend round shows jungle knife (7)

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I believe the answer is:

machete

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'jungle knife' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'guevara having friend round' is the wordplay.
'guevara' becomes 'che' (revolutionary Che Guevara).
'having friend' becomes 'mate' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'round' indicates putting letters inside.
'che' inserted within 'mate' is 'MACHETE'.

'shows' is the link.

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(Other definitions for machete that I've seen before include "A heavy-duty jungle knife" , "Cheat me over broad heavy knife used in jungle" , "The mace (anag.)" , "Broad heavy knife common in Central America" , "cutter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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