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Bigwig's name for a stand-in (7)

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I believe the answer is:

viceroy

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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.

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(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" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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