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Heel took T. S. Eliot play outside the West End (8)

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I believe the answer is:

stiletto

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'heel' is the definition.
(stiletto heel is a kind of heel)

's eliot play outside the west end' is the wordplay.
'play' indicates anagramming the letters.
'outside' indicates putting letters inside.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'end' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letter of 'west' is 't'.
's'+'eliot'='seliot'
'seliot' is an anagram of 'stileo'.
't'+'t'='tt'
'stileo' enclosing 'tt' is 'STILETTO'.

'took t' is the link.
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(Other definitions for stiletto that I've seen before include "Narrow-bladed dagger" , "Short dagger; shoe heel" , "Small dagger with a tapered blade" , "Long dagger" , "High-heeled shoe" .)

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