Governor settled charge in America (6)
I believe the answer is:
satrap
'governor' is the definition.
(term for a governor in various ancient empires)
'settled charge in america' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'settled' could be 'sat' (sat down) and 'sat' is located in the answer.
'charge' could be 'rap' (both can mean blame or responsibility) and 'rap' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for satrap that I've seen before include "Persian governor of old; small-time dictator" , "Persian provincial governor" , "Old Persian governor took a seat to start" , "Raps at the governor in ancient Persia" , "A sprat for the old governor of Persia" .)