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Remain calm and avoid being executed (4,4,4)

Ross

I think it could be either:

keep ones head

keep your head

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'executed' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'remain calm and avoid being' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'remain' could be 'keep' (keeping is a kind of remaining) and 'keep' is found within the answer.
'being' could be 'head' (head is a kind of being) and 'head' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'your' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Irish Independent.
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