Inappropriately insert piece of cloth cape in footwear

The answer to “Inappropriately insert piece of cloth cape in footwear” in the The Times Cryptic crossword is SPATCHCOCK — a 10-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Cryptic crossword on September 5, 2026, a Saturday puzzle, at 9-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Inappropriately insert piece of cloth cape in footwear” answer

SPATCHCOCK (10 letters)

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Why the answer is SPATCHCOCK

The wordplay mischievously combines something fabric-related, a cape, and footwear 🧩

What does SPATCHCOCK mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of SPATCHCOCK is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Inappropriately insert piece of cloth cape in footwear” appeared?

The Times Cryptic reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

September 5, 2026 (most recent) → SPATCHCOCK. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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