Duke during feast gets Victoria Cross? (5)

I believe the answer is:

medal

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'victoria cross?' is the definition.
(victoria cross is a kind of medal)

'duke during feast' is the wordplay.
'duke' becomes 'd' (abbreviation).
'during' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'feast' becomes 'meal' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'd' going into 'meal' is 'MEDAL'.

'gets' is the link.

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(Other definitions for medal that I've seen before include "Award for bravery etc" , "Decoration for a soldier perhaps" , "Lamed by award" , "Religious or commemorative award" , "What an Olympic Games winner gets" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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