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Three-foot case carried by pilot? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tripodal

'three-foot' is the definition.
(tripodal means having three feet)

'case carried by pilot?' is the wordplay.
'case' becomes 'pod' (pod is a kind of case).
'carried' is an insertion indicator (one word carried by another word).
'by pilot?' becomes 'trial' ('trial' can be a synonym of 'pilot'. I am not sure about the 'by' bit.).
'pod' going into 'trial' is 'TRIPODAL'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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