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A room for medal (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

award

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

'a room' is the wordplay.
'room' becomes 'ward' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'ward'='AWARD'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for award that I've seen before include "Decoration" , "Maybe damages" , "medal, perhaps" , "E.g. Oscar" , "Allotment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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