The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word HEELED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result HEELED
- Walked closely behind man, European went first
- Well this is a bit rich!
- Listed, as are stilettos?
- Well this could be rich!
- Swivelled round, missing wife, and followed like a good dog
- Having leaned over, he’d caught fish
- Angled, and he’d caught fish
- Made some shoe repair or mended reportedly
- Was tipping followed closely?
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The straight part
We know that "Listed/as are stilettos?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case listed/as are stilettos? = heeled.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 HEELED mean?
HEELED verb- To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
- To become better or healthy again.
- To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.
- To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
- To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
- To kick with the heel.
- To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.
- To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
- To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
- To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up.
- To incline to one side; to tilt.
- Having a heel (often of a specified type, as in high-heeled etc.).
- Prepared, especially armed with a weapon.
- Wealthy; having enough money.
- To hide, conceal, and keep secret, especially for a secret society (such as the masons).
- (now especially in the phrase "hele in") To cover or conceal (a seedling, plant, roots, etc).