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With money casually head for fried cake (8)

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I believe the answer is:

doughnut

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'fried cake' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'with money casually head' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'money' becomes 'dough' (dough is a kind of money).
'casually head' becomes 'nut' (informal term for somebody's head. I am not sure about the 'casually' bit.).
'dough' next to 'nut' is 'DOUGHNUT'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for doughnut that I've seen before include "Jam-filled cake" , "Sweet circular snack" , "Small ring-shaped fried cake" , "Ring-shaped object" , "Small fried cake with hole in middle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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