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Olympic award for Brown (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bronze

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This might be a double definition.

'olympic award' is the first definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.

'brown' is the second definition.
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'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for bronze that I've seen before include "Popular alloy for sculptures" , "Third place - alloy" , "Hard alloy suitable for casting" , "Third prize" , "Copper and tin alloy - sculpture" .)

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