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I am one to tolerate drug-taking naked king (6)

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I believe the answer is:

bearer

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'i am one' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'tolerate drug-taking naked king' is the wordplay.
'tolerate' becomes 'bear' (synonyms).
'drug' becomes 'e' (e is another name for ecstasy).
'taking' says to put letters next to each other.
'naked king' becomes 'r' (r is abbreviation for rex. I am not sure about the 'naked' bit.).
'bear'+'e'+'r'='BEARER'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for bearer that I've seen before include "One who puts up with" , "One who helps to carry something - maybe news" , "native servant" , "Carrier to whom cheque may be payable" , "Mourner carrying the coffin at a funeral" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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