Cryptic crossword clue
Ceremonies grasping at flightless birds 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RATITES

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The straight part
We know that "flightless birds" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case flightless birds = ratites.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does RATITES mean?

RATITES noun
  1. A bird of the order of Struthioniformes, a diverse group of large running, flightless birds, mostly extinct, but including the cassowary, elephant bird, emu, kiwi, moa, ostrich, rhea and tinamou

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