Town in front having taken off Lambert for King (7)

I believe the answer is:

reading

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'town' is the definition.
(Reading is a town in Berkshire)

I can't explain the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for reading that I've seen before include "Literacy" , "University - studying" , "Study of literature" , "First contribution to educational foundation" , "Understanding the written word" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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