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Company boy among experts gets honours (9)

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I believe the answer is:

accolades

'honours' is the definition.
('accolade' can be a synonym of 'honour')

'company boy among experts' is the wordplay.
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'boy' becomes 'lad' (informal term for boy).
'among' indicates putting letters inside.
'experts' becomes 'aces' (ace is a kind of expert).
'co'+'lad'='colad'
'colad' going inside 'aces' is 'ACCOLADES'.

'gets' is the link.

(Another definition for accolades that I've seen is " Expressions of great praise".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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