Football player with reward for waiting? Fancy shoe (7)

I believe the answer is:

wingtip

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'fancy shoe' is the definition.
(type of shoe)

'football player with reward for waiting?' is the wordplay.
'football player' becomes 'wing' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'reward for waiting?' becomes 'tip' (you might give a waiter a tip).
'wing'+'tip'='WINGTIP'

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