Bigwig's name for a stand-in (7)
I believe the answer is:
viceroy
This might be a double definition.
'bigwig's name' is the first definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'a stand-in' is the second definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for viceroy that I've seen before include "Governor ruling in name of sovereign" , "Sovereign's representative in a colony" , "One ruling in a colony" , "Ruler of a colony" , "Monarch's plenipotentiary - American butterfly, like (but smaller than) a monarch" .)