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Award or prize judge denied? (4)

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I believe the answer is:

emmy

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'award' is the definition.
(I know that Emmy is a type of award)

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(Other definitions for emmy that I've seen before include "Least complicated" , "British television award" , "TV award; girl's name" , "US television award" , "Mark of quality on box" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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