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Empty seat on toilet's damaged by heel (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stiletto

'heel' is the definition.
(stiletto heel is a kind of heel)

'empty seat on toilet's damaged' is the wordplay.
'empty' means to remove the middle letters.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'damaged' indicates an anagram.
'seat' with its centre taken out is 'st'.
'toilet' anagrammed gives 'iletto'.
'st'+'iletto'='STILETTO'

'by' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for stiletto that I've seen before include "Item of footwear" , "Long dagger" , "Dagger with slender blade" , "Slender-bladed dagger - heel" , "Short dagger; shoe heel" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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