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Dinner perhaps interrupted by daughter getting award (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

medal

'award' is the definition.
(I know that award can be written as medal)

'dinner perhaps interrupted by daughter' is the wordplay.
'dinner perhaps' becomes 'meal' (dinner is a kind of meal).
'interrupted by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'meal' going around 'd' is 'MEDAL'.

'getting' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for medal that I've seen before include "Lamed by award" , "Award for distinction" , "Religious or commenorative metal piece" , "Sports award" , "Small metal disc as reward or prize" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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