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The first ceremony is dull (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trite

'dull' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'the first ceremony' is the wordplay.
'the first' becomes 't' (1st letter of 'the').
'ceremony' becomes 'rite' (rite is a kind of ceremony).
't'+'rite'='TRITE'

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for trite that I've seen before include "(Of an idea) lacking in originality" , "repeated too often" , "Commonplace, hackneyed" , "Banal, commonplace" , "Dull, unoriginal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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