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Small dessert for King Edward? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spud

'king edward?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'small dessert' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'dessert' becomes 'pud' (short for pudding).
's'+'pud'='SPUD'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for spud that I've seen before include "Spade; potato (slang)" , "The humble colloquial potato" , "One might have an eye" , "Vegetable" , "one's eyed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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