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Important person on the drink in Tokyo has the same signature as Louis XIII, for example? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

namesake

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'tokyo has the same signature as louis xiii for example?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'important person on the drink' is the wordplay.
'important person' becomes 'name' (name is a kind of important person).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the drink' becomes 'sake' (sake is a kind of drink**).
'name'+'sake'='NAMESAKE'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for namesake that I've seen before include "One's similarly entitled" , "One is called after someone" , "One with the same appellation" , "Make sane (anag.)" , "Appellation sharer" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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