Lady's shoe dry on way into field, not in the middle (8)
I believe the answer is:
stiletto
'lady's shoe' is the definition.
'stiletto' can be an answer for 'shoe' (type of shoe). I'm not certain of the 'lady's' bit.
'dry on way into field not in the middle' is the wordplay.
'dry' becomes 'tt' (abbreviation for teetotal).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'way into field' becomes 'stile'.
'in the middle' indicates the central letters.
The middle letter of 'not' is 'o'.
'tt' after 'stile' is 'stilett'.
'stilett'+'o'='STILETTO'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stiletto that I've seen before include "Pointed arm" , "Long dagger" , "Small dagger with a tapered blade" , "Type of heel" , "Tapering dagger" .)