American symbol (5)
I believe the answer is:
eagle
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">american symbol</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for eagle that I've seen before include "Coin made of gold" , "It normally takes two or three shots to shoot this" , "good score" , "Bird with hooked bill and long broad wings" , "Bird - emblem of power" .)