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Crown representative's no longer a verger after being sacked

Ross

I believe the answer is:

governorgeneral

'crown representative's' is the definition.

'no longer a verger after being sacked' is the wordplay.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'being sacked' is an anagram indicator.
'no'+'longer'+'a'+'verger'='nolongeraverger'
'nolongeraverger' anagrammed gives 'GOVERNOR-GENERAL'.

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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