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Shoe seller paid badly (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

espadrille

'shoe' is the definition.
(I know that espadrille is a type of shoe)

'seller paid badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' is an anagram indicator (letters in the wrong order).
'seller'+'paid'='sellerpaid'
'sellerpaid' with letters rearranged gives 'ESPADRILLE'.

(Other definitions for espadrille that I've seen before include "Cord-soled shoe" , "Plaited fibres in its sole" , "you put your foot in it" , "goes on foot" , "Pale idlers (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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