The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 4 plus 4 letter word AT LONG LAST
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result AT LONG LAST
- Where cobbler dealing with size 12 shoes will be finally?
- Making shoes for Sasquatch, maybe, after much delay
- Where a clown may get his shoes made, after much delay?
- Where clown’s shoes are made finally?
- Where size 12s are made, eventually?
- … where footwear for clowns is made eventually
- Gallants to rematerialize after much delay
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "where footwear for clowns is made/eventually" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case where footwear for clowns is made/eventually = at long last.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.