The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word BAREFOOT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result BAREFOOT
- Embracing queen, ludicrously wonderful standing naked below?
- A judge wearing shoe – or not?
- Kick outside a match official for wearing no shoes
- Photo of era basically shows characters raised without shoes
- Lost fare in back of cab, say, showing a clean pair of heels?
- A sports official wearing appropriate item — not this
- A match official in Wellington? Definitely not!
- Bootless Orfeo composed in foreign tongue
- A judge in one shoe, lacking a pair of them
- Walking like a Hobbit, show off bottom
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "not this" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case not this = barefoot.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does BAREFOOT mean?
BAREFOOT adjective- Wearing nothing on the feet.
- (of a vehicle on an icy road) Not using snow chains.
- Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
- Wearing nothing on the feet.
- Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.