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Footwear label top, for example, copy and illegally sell overseas (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bootleg

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'copy and illegally sell overseas' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'footwear label top for example' is the wordplay.
'footwear' becomes 'boot' (boot is a kind of footwear).
'top' indicates taking the first letters.
'for example' becomes 'eg' (short for 'exempli gratia', 'for example' in Latin).
The initial letter of 'label' is 'l'.
'boot'+'l'+'eg'='BOOTLEG'

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(Other definitions for bootleg that I've seen before include "Of alcohol, sold illicitly" , "Smuggle liquor" , "obtained illegally" , "Illegally made (alcohol)" , "Illegal alcohol during prohibition" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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