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Cushions of cloth at the back, like on footwear (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hassocks

'cushions' is the definition.
(I know this)

'cloth at the back like on footwear' is the wordplay.
'at the back' says to take the final letters.
'like' becomes 'as'.
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'footwear' becomes 'socks' (socks is a kind of footwear).
The final letter of 'cloth' is 'h'.
'h'+'as'+'socks'='HASSOCKS'

'of' is the link.

(Another definition for hassocks that I've seen is " Cushions for kneeling on".)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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