The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word GALOSH
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result GALOSH
- Hail regularly getting inside my shoe
- Circling a lake with my waterproof footwear
- Goals smashed with hard boot covering
- Good look into wood overshoe
- A worn-out shoe for wintry weather?
- Rubber shoe, also plastic, in general, hard
- Boy in my shoe
- Big girl previously getting hot footwear
- Witch slipped back around the Spanish to get a shoe
- That's surprising about Al's boot
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The straight part
We know that "waterproof footwear" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case waterproof footwear = galosh.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.
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What does GALOSH mean?
GALOSH noun- A waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow.
- A waterproof rubber boot, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions.
- To walk while wearing, or as if wearing, galoshes; to splash about.