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Pork pies can come with Tango and beers (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tales

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'pork pies can come' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'tango and beers' is the wordplay.
'tango' becomes 't' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'beers' becomes 'ales' (I've seen this before).
't'+'ales'='TALES'

'with' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for tales that I've seen before include "Lies" , "Stories, fables" , "accounts" , "They might be tall" , "Stories, perhaps tall ones" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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