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Charlie in holiday footwear? That's a disgrace (7)

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I believe the answer is:

scandal

'a disgrace' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'charlie in holiday footwear?' is the wordplay.
'charlie' becomes 'c' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'holiday footwear?' becomes 'sandal' (sandals may be worn on holiday).
'c' inserted into 'sandal' is 'SCANDAL'.

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for scandal that I've seen before include "Shocking thing" , "Rumour, gossip" , "Outraging event" , "Shocking disgrace" , "Event causing public outrage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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