Crossword Genius

Seizing all others in flight (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wresting

'seizing' is the definition.
(wresting is a kind of seizing)

'all others in flight' is the wordplay.
'all others' becomes 'rest' (as in the rest of a group).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'flight' becomes 'wing' (wing can mean flight, as in 'on the wing').
'rest' going within 'wing' is 'WRESTING'.

(Other definitions for wresting that I've seen before include "Extracting" , "Strewing (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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