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The misled daren't ask about king “in the altogether” (5-5)

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I believe the answer is:

stark-naked

'in the altogether' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'the misled daren't ask about king' is the wordplay.
'the misled' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'misleading' mean this (I've seen this in other clues)).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'king' becomes 'K' (abbreviation for king in chess).
'darent'+'ask'='darentask'
'darentask' anagrammed gives 'starnaked'.
'starnaked' placed around 'k' is 'STARK-NAKED'.

(Other definitions for stark-naked that I've seen before include "Completely nude" , "Absolutely nude" , "Without a stitch on" , "Totally nude" , "Absolutely bare" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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