Cleveref lowercase for single references

Question

The cleveref has two main citation commands: \Cref and \cref depending on whether you're referencing in the beginning of the sentence (producing Figure 1) or anywhere else (producing the abbreviated form fig. 1). On rare occasions though, one may want to have the "long" label in the middle of a sentence. How can I have that single label in lowercase? This answer makes all references in small caps, but I'm looking for a solution to keep the standard as provided by the cleveref package, but change it to lowercase ad hoc in some situations.

Ideally I'd like to have a command (say \smallCref) producing figure 1 when needed.

Thanks in advance for any help!

\documentclass{scrreprt}
\usepackage{cleveref}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.5\linewidth]{example-image-a}
    \caption{Foo\label{fig:foo}}
\end{figure}

\Cref{fig:foo} shows a correct usage of \verb|\Cref{}| at the beginning of the sentence. Whereas we can see how to use \verb|\cref{}| at the end of a sentence (\cref{fig:foo}).
\par Sometimes though, one may want to reference \Cref{fig:foo} with the complete label ``figure'', but having it capitalized in the middle of a sentence is weird. How can I have that single reference in smallcaps, leaving all other references in the document in the original capitalization?
\end{document}

Answer 1

Here is a quick and dirty hack. Create a new command, that combines \lcnamecref and \labelcref:

\newcommand{\lccref}[1]{\lcnamecref{#1}~\labelcref{#1}}

Which will give you the following:

\documentclass{scrreprt}
\usepackage{cleveref}
  \newcommand{\lccref}[1]{\lcnamecref{#1}~\labelcref{#1}}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=0.5\linewidth]{example-image-a}
    \caption{Foo\label{fig:foo}}
\end{figure}

\Cref{fig:foo} shows a correct usage of \verb|\Cref{}| at the beginning of the sentence. Whereas we can see how to use \verb|\cref{}| at the end of a sentence (\cref{fig:foo}).
\par Sometimes though, one may want to reference \lccref{fig:foo} with the complete label ``figure'', but having it capitalized in the middle of a sentence is weird. How can I have that single reference in smallcaps, leaving all other references in the document in the original capitalization?
\end{document}