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Unconnected item in footwear - half a pair? Tip of toe to probe that (5-5)

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I believe the answer is:

stand-alone

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'unconnected item in footwear half a pair? tip of toe to probe that' is the definition.
'stand-alone' can be an answer for 'unconnected item' (a work that is not part of a series). I'm not certain of the rest of the definition.

'unconnected item in footwear half' is the wordplay.
'unconnected item' becomes 't' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'footwear' becomes 'sandal' (sandal is a kind of footwear).
'half' becomes 'one' (I have seen 'Half of two ' mean 'one' so perhaps 'half' could also mean 'one').
't' going within 'sandal' is 'standal'.
'standal'+'one'='STAND-ALONE'

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(Another definition for stand-alone that I've seen is " operate independently".)

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