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Footwear for Spooner's brief uprising (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

court shoe

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'brief uprising' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'footwear for spooner's' is the wordplay.
'footwear' becomes 'shoe' (shoe is a kind of footwear).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'spooner' becomes 'court' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'shoe' after 'court' is 'COURT SHOE'.

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(Another definition for court shoe that I've seen is " Item of footwear".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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