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Maybe Dundee state wants King Edward's head (4)

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I believe the answer is:

cake

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'maybe dundee' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'state wants king edward's head' is the wordplay.
'state' becomes 'ca' (abbreviation for California).
'wants' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'head' says to take the initial letters.
The first letters of 'king edwards' is 'ke'.
'ca'+'ke'='CAKE'

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(Other definitions for cake that I've seen before include "Sweet baked pastry" , "Marie Antoinette's solution to 8" , "Compact mass of something" , "Dundee, Madeira, Christmas or birthday?" , "Eg, Battenberg, Genoa" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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