Cryptic crossword clue
King having coronation 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CROWNING

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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The straight part
We know that "coronation" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case coronation = crowning.
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 CROWNING mean?

CROWNING verb
  1. To place a crown on the head of.
  2. To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.
  3. To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
  4. To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
  5. To declare (someone) a winner.
  6. Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.
  7. To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.
  8. To hit on the head.
  9. To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.
  10. In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.
  11. To widen the opening of the barrel.
  12. To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.
  13. To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.
CROWNING adjective
  1. Supreme; of a surpassing quality or quantity.
CROWNING noun
  1. A coronation.
  2. The act of one who crowns (in various senses).

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