Lifted cloak covering item with 50% off in Institute of Clay (10)
I believe the answer is:
kaolinitic
'lifted cloak covering item with 50% off in institute of clay' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'lifted cloak covering item with 50% off in institute' is the wordplay.
'lifted' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in down clue).
'covering' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'with 50% off' indicates taking half.
'institute' becomes 'i' (common abbreviation as in MIT).
'item' halved is 'it'.
'it'+'in'+'i'='itini'
'cloak' placed around 'itini' is 'citiniloak'.
'citiniloak' reversed gives 'KAOLINITIC'.
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