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Taking regular bites from onion, Henry VIII perhaps making a pig of himself? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

oinking

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'onion henry viii perhaps making a pig of himself?' is the definition.
I know that 'pig' relates to this answer.

'taking regular bites from' is the wordplay.
'taking regular' becomes 'oking' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bites' is an insertion indicator.
'from' becomes 'in' (I've seen this in other clues).
'oking' enclosing 'in' is 'OINKING'.

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(Other definitions for oinking that I've seen before include "Sound from pen" , "farmyard noises" , "Noise from Tamworth" .)

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