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Daughter during dinner maybe will get award (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

medal

'award' is the definition.
(medal is a kind of award)

'daughter during dinner maybe' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'during' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'dinner maybe' becomes 'meal' (I've seen this in other clues).
'd' placed into 'meal' is 'MEDAL'.

'will get' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for medal that I've seen before include "Religious or commemorative award" , "Olympic award" , "Award for bravery etc" , "Gong (sl.)" , "George Cross, for instance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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