13 across: …(cascade) plus formal wear (5)
With the help of cross clues, we got formal wear = heels. The rest, well, we figure someone must be able to explain.
13 across: …(cascade) plus formal wear (5)
With the help of cross clues, we got formal wear = heels. The rest, well, we figure someone must be able to explain.
Maybe it has something to do with the last word of the connected (by…) 12A which was SCOUNDREL (& which relates to CAD in casCADe.
scoundrel=cad=heel.
But the answer to 13A is HEELS not HEEL !? so I am not so sure…