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Drank excessively at the King's Head (4)

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I believe the answer is:

took

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'drank' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to consumption as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'excessively at the king's head' is the wordplay.
'excessively' becomes 'too' (to too great a degree).
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'head' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'kings' is 'k'.
'too'+'k'='TOOK'

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(Other definitions for took that I've seen before include "Small stem of flowers" , "Gained; stole; made (notes)" , "Laid hold of" , "Went through" , "Received - stole" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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