Informal name for an Academy Award (5)

I believe the answer is:

oscar

(Other definitions for oscar that I've seen before include "Boy" , "Film acting award" , "Statuette awarded by Hollywood Academy" , "Film-prize statuette" , "academy's prize" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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