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Lost wiretap about gun (5,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

water pistol

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'gun' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'lost wiretap about' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'lost'+'wiretap'='lostwiretap'
'lostwiretap' is an anagram of 'WATER-PISTOL'.

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(Other definitions for water pistol that I've seen before include "Plaything" , "Source of aggressive jet" , "harmless weapon?" , "Toy firearm" , "Toy weapon" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express and The Mirror.
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