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Put pen to paper with ceremony (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

write

'put pen to paper' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'with ceremony' is the wordplay.
'with' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'ceremony' becomes 'rite' (rite is a kind of ceremony).
'w'+'rite'='WRITE'

(Other definitions for write that I've seen before include "Jot" , "Compose; correspond" , "Inscribe" , "Produce text" , "Compose (a text)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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