Shoots soldier with sawn-off gun in lawless SAS (9)
I believe the answer is:
asparagus
'shoots soldier with sawn-off gun in lawless sas' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'soldier with sawn-off gun in lawless sas' is the wordplay.
'soldier' becomes 'para' (paratrooper).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'sawn-off' means to remove the last letter.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'lawless' indicates an anagram.
'gun' with its final letter removed is 'gu'.
'para'+'gu'='paragu'
'sas' is an anagram of 'ass'.
'paragu' put into 'ass' is 'ASPARAGUS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for asparagus that I've seen before include "The Theatre Cat (T. S. Eliot); an edible plant" , "Plant with edible spears" , "cat in dramatic situation" , "Spears or shoots" , "Speared vegetable" .)