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Ignores princess's email sign-off (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disregards

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'ignores' is the definition.
('disregard' can be a synonym of 'ignore')

'princess's email sign-off' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'princess's' could be 'dis' (Princess Diana) and 'dis' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'regards' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for disregards that I've seen before include "skips" , "Shows no interest in" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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