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Tinker's award for service announced (6)

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I believe the answer is:

meddle

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

'award for service announced' is the wordplay.
'award for service' becomes 'medal' (I've seen this before).
'announced' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'medal' sounds like 'MEDDLE'.

(Other definitions for meddle that I've seen before include "Interfere in the affairs of others" , "Intrude, interfere" , "Interfere in people's affairs" , "Interfere in other people's business" , "Interfere unnecessarily" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent and The Sun.
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