Top cobbler in footwear with skeletons in the closet (8)
I believe the answer is:
scandals
'skeletons in the closet' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'top cobbler in footwear' is the wordplay.
'top' indicates taking the first letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'footwear' becomes 'sandals' (I've seen this before**).
The first letter of 'cobbler' is 'c'.
'c' going within 'sandals' is 'SCANDALS'.
'with' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scandals that I've seen before include "Disgraceful situations" , "they're disgraceful" , "Disgraceful actions, subjects of talk" , "Caught wearing shoes" , "Clans sad, involved in notorious affairs" .)