Commercial, getting award in Britain, is for a type of building material? (5)
I believe the answer is:
adobe
'building material?' is the definition.
(adobe is a kind of building material)
'commercial getting award' is the wordplay.
'commercial' becomes 'ad' (abbreviation for advertisement).
'getting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'award' becomes 'obe' (Order of the British Empire).
'ad'+'obe'='ADOBE'
'in britain is for a type of' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for adobe that I've seen before include "Clay dwelling" , "house" , "Mexican mud and straw brick, and the hut made of it" , "Clay for mud bricks" , "Sun-dried brick clay" .)