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Award for last month’s speech (10)

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I believe the answer is:

decoration

'award' is the definition.
(decoration is a kind of award)

'last month's speech' is the wordplay.
'last month' becomes 'dec' (short for December, last month of the year).
'speech' becomes 'oration' (oration is a kind of speech).
'dec'+'oration'='DECORATION'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for decoration that I've seen before include "Bunting (in honour of a brave man?)" , "Ornaments - medal" , "Adornment - medal" , "Star" , "Medal; ornament" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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