Tape head? (4)

I believe the answer is:

pate

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'head?' is the definition.
(humorous term for the head)

'tape' is the wordplay.
'tape' anagrams to 'PATE'.
Though, I'm unsure how this is indicated.

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(Other definitions for pate that I've seen before include "loaf" , "Tasty meat paste, maybe de foie gras" , "Meat paste, perhaps de foie gras" , "Top of one's head" , "Tape around tasty meat paste" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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