Cryptic crossword clue
Pair coming in celebrated and leapt in the air 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SPRANG

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The straight part
We know that "leapt in the air" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case leapt in the air = sprang.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SPRANG mean?

SPRANG verb
  1. To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation
SPRANG verb
  1. To burst forth.
  2. (of beards) To grow.
  3. To cause to burst forth.
  4. To make wet, to moisten.
  5. (usually with "to" or "up") To rise suddenly, (of tears) to well up.
  6. (now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
  7. To go off.
  8. To cause to explode, to set off, to detonate.
  9. (usually perfective) To crack.
  10. To have something crack.
  11. To cause to crack.
  12. To surprise by sudden or deft action.
  13. (of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of.
  14. (of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve.
  15. To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
  16. To raise a vessel's sheer.
  17. (cobblery) To raise a last's toe.
  18. To pay or spend a certain sum, to cough up.
  19. To raise an offered price.
  20. To act as a spring: to strongly rebound.
  21. To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
  22. To provide spring or elasticity
  23. To inspire, to motivate.
  24. To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
  25. (now rare) To reach maturity, to be fully grown.
  26. (chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
  27. (of rattles) To sound, to play.
  28. To spend the springtime somewhere
SPRANG verb
  1. To hold tightly, to clasp.
  2. To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.
  3. To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.
  4. To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as when bending a beam.
  5. To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.
  6. To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in terms of intent or meaning.
  7. To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander
  8. To percolate; to be filtered.
  9. To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
  10. To urge with importunity; to press.
  11. Hug somebody; to hold somebody tightly.
SPRANG verb
  1. To beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world.

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