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More than one race around winning award (6)

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number

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'more' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both quantities as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'one race around winning award' is the wordplay.
'one race' becomes 'run' (run is a kind of race).
'around' says the letters should be written backwards.
'winning' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters win or obtain others).
'award' becomes 'MBE' (Member of the British Empire).
'run' reversed gives 'nur'.
'nur' going around 'mbe' is 'NUMBER'.

'than' is the link.

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(Other definitions for number that I've seen before include "less sensitive" , "One may be irrational or negative" , "Symbol indicating how many" , "1,2,3, for instance" , "Cardinal or ordinal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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