The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word ESPADRILLE
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More clues leading to the result ESPADRILLE
- European detective crossing stream in canvas shoe
- Barking seller paid for something to put on one of his plates?
- English Channel flooding digger — something afoot?
- Spring training in extremely effective footwear
- “Shoe is damaged”, replies lad
- Footwear for English banker wearing suit
- Footwear beginning to encumber digger around stream
- Heading for Egyptian resort, bore acquires eastern footwear
- Special faculty associated with publicity and moon furrow footwear
- Awful lie involving student spread around before you put your foot in it
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The straight part
We know that "canvas shoe" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case canvas shoe = espadrille.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 ESPADRILLE mean?
ESPADRILLE noun- A light shoe having an upper made of fabric and a sole of rope.