Pastries following joint for flower children (7)

I believe the answer is:

hippies

'flower children' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'pastries following joint' is the wordplay.
'pastries' becomes 'pies' (pie is a kind of pastry).
'following' says to put letters next to each other.
'joint' becomes 'hip' (part of body).
'pies' put after 'hip' is 'HIPPIES'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Another definition for hippies that I've seen is " Flower people".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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