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Energy old President gets with one sausage (9)

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I believe the answer is:

pepperoni

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'one sausage' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'energy old president gets' is the wordplay.
'energy old' becomes 'pepi' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'president' becomes 'peron' (I have seen 'Argentinian president ' mean 'peron' so perhaps 'president' could also mean 'peron').
'gets' is an insertion indicator.
'pepi' enclosing 'peron' is 'PEPPERONI'.

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for pepperoni that I've seen before include "what may be called a banger" , "something spicy" , "Hard, spicy beef and pork sausage" , "Spicy salami" , "Highly-seasoned sausage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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