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Relief especially seen during ceremony (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

respite

'relief' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'especially seen during ceremony' is the wordplay.
'especially' becomes 'esp' (common abbreviation).
'seen during' indicates putting letters inside.
'ceremony' becomes 'rite' (rite is a kind of ceremony).
'esp' inserted within 'rite' is 'RESPITE'.

(Other definitions for respite that I've seen before include "Breathing space" , "Period of relief (from unpleasant thing)" , "interruption" , "Pause from exertion, etc" , "See trip (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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