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Rex and Victor in east somehow go without food (6)

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I believe the answer is:

starve

'go without food' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'rex and victor in east somehow' is the wordplay.
'rex' becomes 'R' (abbreviation e.g. GR=George Rex, King George).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'victor' becomes 'V' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'somehow' indicates an anagram.
'r'+'v'='rv'
'east' with letters rearranged gives 'stae'.
'rv' going into 'stae' is 'STARVE'.

(Other definitions for starve that I've seen before include "Averts (anag)" , "Suffer from food deprivation" , "Vaster (anag)" , "Stop feeding" , "Suffer extreme hunger" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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