Lifted cloak covering item with 50% off in Institute of Clay (10)
I believe the answer is:
kaolinitic
'lifted cloak covering item with 50% off in institute of clay' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'lifted cloak covering item with 50% off in institute' is the wordplay.
'lifted' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in down clue).
'covering' indicates putting letters inside.
'with 50% off' indicates taking half.
'institute' becomes 'i' (common abbreviation as in MIT).
'item' with half the letters taken is 'it'.
'it'+'in'+'i'='itini'
'cloak' enclosing 'itini' is 'citiniloak'.
'citiniloak' back-to-front is 'KAOLINITIC'.
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