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Ignore having no case to take on extra executive (8)

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governor

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(Other definitions for governor that I've seen before include "Official in charge of town/region" , "State ruler" , "chief magistrate)" , "Some misgiving over Norse ruler" , "warden" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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