Govern if flustered, as Johnson repeatedly asked to be (8)

I believe the answer is:

forgiven

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'johnson repeatedly asked to be' is the definition.
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'govern if flustered' is the wordplay.
'flustered' indicates anagramming the letters.
'govern'+'if'='governif'
'governif' is an anagram of 'FORGIVEN'.

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(Other definitions for forgiven that I've seen before include "Pardoned" , "Remitted" , "Absolved from blame" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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