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Ben initially ingratiated with relatives' blessings (8)

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I believe the answer is:

benisons

'blessings' is the definition.
(benison is a kind of blessing)

'ben initially ingratiated with relatives'' is the wordplay.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'relatives'' becomes 'sons' (son is a kind of relative**).
The first letter of 'ingratiated' is 'i'.
'ben'+'i'+'sons'='BENISONS'

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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