Cryptic crossword clue
Formally ask heads for better English grades 3

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word BEG

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The straight part
We know that "Formally ask" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case formally ask = beg.
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 BEG mean?

BEG noun
  1. The act of begging; an imploring request.
BEG verb
  1. To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
  2. To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
  3. In the phrase beg the question: to assume.
  4. In the phrase beg the question: to raise (a question).
  5. To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
BEG noun
  1. A provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire; a bey.
BEG noun
  1. The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
  2. That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
  3. That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
  4. The initial portion of some extended thing.

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