Heel took T. S. Eliot play outside the West End (8)
I believe the answer is:
stiletto
'heel' is the definition.
(stiletto heel is a kind of heel)
's eliot play outside the west end' is the wordplay.
'play' indicates anagramming the letters.
'outside' indicates putting letters inside.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'end' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letter of 'west' is 't'.
's'+'eliot'='seliot'
'seliot' is an anagram of 'stileo'.
't'+'t'='tt'
'stileo' enclosing 'tt' is 'STILETTO'.
'took t' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stiletto that I've seen before include "Narrow-bladed dagger" , "Short dagger; shoe heel" , "Small dagger with a tapered blade" , "Long dagger" , "High-heeled shoe" .)