The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word TRADITION
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result TRADITION
- Deportation excludes ex — it’s the custom
- I’d train to change long-established belief
- It breaks with no triad custom
- Time idiot ran awful convention
- . Shoot back a charged particle. It’s within established practice
- Custom of not returning to collect bones over time
- Commercial appeal in group with northern heritage
- Usage of a Dior tint’s transforming!
- Established practice in art? I do it differently with end of crayon
- Turkey supplement wants vitamin, as is the practice
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The straight part
We know that "Usage" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case usage = tradition.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does TRADITION mean?
TRADITION noun- A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.
- A commonly held system.
- The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
- To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.