Heel I allowed to get caught in street, initially tripping over (8)
I believe the answer is:
stiletto
'heel' is the definition.
(stiletto heel is a kind of heel)
'i allowed to get caught in street initially tripping over' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'i' is present in the answer.
'allowed' could be 'let' (to let is to allow or permit) and 'let' is found within the answer.
'to' is found in the answer.
'street' could be 'st' (abbreviation) and 'st' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stiletto that I've seen before include "Long thin knife" , "Item of footwear" , "Small dagger with a tapered blade" , "Type of shoe" , "Thin high heel" .)