The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 plus 5 letter word STILETTO HEELS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result STILETTO HEELS
- He’s let toilets get out of order – they might make women look down on him
- They make women raise the pace
- . They raise many girls?
- Those little toes, cut in half, fitted in footwear
- Decreasing its tenancy leads to hellbound, hot, fishy feet
- Steps with hot steel moulded into these?
- Footwear‘s arousing – hottest I’ll see!
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The straight part
We know that "they might make women look down on him" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case they might make women look down on him = stiletto heels.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.