Early Egyptian king initially relished cooked sesame (7)

I believe the answer is:

rameses

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'early egyptian king' is the definition.
'rameses' can be an answer for 'king' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'early egyptian' bit.

'initially relished cooked sesame' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
'cooked' is an anagram indicator (letters cooked into a new form).
The initial letter of 'relished' is 'r'.
'sesame' anagrammed gives 'ameses'.
'r'+'ameses'='RAMESES'

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(Other definitions for rameses that I've seen before include "Egyptian king" , "One of several pharaohs" , "old ruler?" , "See Mars (anag) - Pharaoh" , "Ancient king" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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