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Votes to have terribly slim footwear (9)

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plimsolls

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'votes to have terribly slim footwear' is the definition.
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'votes to have terribly slim' is the wordplay.
'votes' becomes 'polls' (polling is a kind of voting).
'to have' indicates putting letters inside.
'terribly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'slim' anagrammed gives 'lims'.
'polls' placed around 'lims' is 'PLIMSOLLS'.

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