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King casually calls for toast with pork pie (7)

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I believe the answer is:

charlie

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'king casually calls' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'toast with pork pie' is the wordplay.
'toast' becomes 'char' (I've seen this in another clue).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'pork pie' becomes 'lie' ('pork pie' is Cockney rhyming slang for a lie).
'char'+'lie'='CHARLIE'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for charlie that I've seen before include "-- Chaplin" , "Cocaine (colloq.), fool (colloq.)" , "Fool; man's name" , "Code word < for silly fellow" , "Silly person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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