Ceremony broadcast without a crowd (9)
I believe the answer is:
sacrament
'ceremony' is the definition.
(I know that sacrament is a type of religious ceremony)
'broadcast without a crowd' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'crowd' could be 'cram' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'cram' is found in the answer.
'broadcast' could be 'sent' (sent or transmitted as a broadcast) and 'sent' is present in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sacrament that I've seen before include "baptism, say" , "A mystery of the church" , "Form of religious observance" , "Orders" , "Symbol of something spiritual" .)