Ultimately stubborn sod, ruler loses face in tragedy, almost (4,5)

Guardian Cryptic #29401 | 25 Across | 2024-06-05
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

A charade of N (‘ultimately stubbor N ‘) plus EARTH (‘sod’) plus [k]ING (‘ruler’) minus the first letter (‘loses face’).

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