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A minor scholarship (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

award

'scholarship' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a minor' is the wordplay.
'minor' becomes 'ward' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'a'+'ward'='AWARD'

(Other definitions for award that I've seen before include "Write up" , "Give officially as prize or payment" , "Endow" , "Official prize in a draw" , "Tony is one" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Guardian.
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