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Weapon found in Aberdeen oddly abandoned, good French one (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bren gun

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'weapon' is the definition.
(Bren gun is an example)

'aberdeen oddly abandoned good french one' is the wordplay.
'oddly abandoned' indicates alternate letters (letters in odd-numbered positions removed).
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'french one' becomes 'un' (northern English dialect form of 'one'. I am not sure about the 'french' bit.).
The alternate letters of 'aberdeen' are 'bren'.
'bren'+'g'+'un'='BREN GUN'

'found in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bren gun that I've seen before include "Former army weapon" , "Military weapon" , "Weapon used in World War II" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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