Charlie wearing open-toed footwear creates outrage (7)

I believe the answer is:

scandal

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'outrage' is the definition.
(I know that outrage can be written as scandal)

'charlie wearing open-toed footwear' is the wordplay.
'charlie' becomes 'c' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'wearing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'open-toed footwear' becomes 'sandal' (sandal is a kind of footwear. I am not sure about the 'open-toed' bit.).
'c' going inside 'sandal' is 'SCANDAL'.

'creates' is the link.

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(Other definitions for scandal that I've seen before include "Disgraceful event" , "Event causing public outrage" , "dirt" , "outrageous behaviour" , "Malicious talk; outrage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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