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President with nothing doing! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nixon

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'president' is the definition.
(Richard Nixon)

'with nothing doing' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'nothing' becomes 'nix' ('nix' can be a synonym of 'zero').
'doing' becomes 'on' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'nix' put next to 'on' is 'NIXON'.

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(Other definitions for nixon that I've seen before include "Only US president to have resigned from office" , "Richard -, US president who resigned in nineteen seventy four" , "Former US president" , "Watergate was his downfall" , "37th US President" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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