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Who incorrectly said it's a gun? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

howitzer

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'it's a gun?' is the definition.
(howitzer is a kind of gun)

'who incorrectly said' is the wordplay.
'incorrectly' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'said' becomes 'itzer' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'who' anagrammed gives 'how'.
'how'+'itzer'='HOWITZER'

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(Other definitions for howitzer that I've seen before include "Gun for shelling" , "Piece that shoots up" , "Shell-firing gun" , "Gun firing shells at a steep angle" , "Short, heavy gun fired at an angle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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