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Famous philanthropist from The Netherlands receiving honour (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nobel

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'famous philanthropist' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'netherlands receiving honour' is the wordplay.
'netherlands' becomes 'nl'.
'receiving' indicates putting letters inside.
'honour' becomes 'OBE' (Order of the British Empire award).
'nl' placed around 'obe' is 'NOBEL'.

'from the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for nobel that I've seen before include "Alfred -, Swedish dynamite inventor" , "Swedish prize-giver" , "Founder of many prizes" , "he provided prizes" , "6 24 113 [SCAN-DIN-AVIAN] chemist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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