Controls territories ignoring government order at first (5)
I believe the answer is:
reins
'controls' is the definition.
('rein' can be a synonym of 'control')
'territories ignoring government order at first' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'at' could be 'in' and 'in' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'res' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for reins that I've seen before include "Means of control for a horse" , "Horse's controls" , "Means of checking" , "Guiding straps" , "water regulators?" .)