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Medal, say, for duke after a conflict (5)

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I believe the answer is:

award

'medal say' is the definition.
(medal is a kind of award)

'duke after a conflict' is the wordplay.
'duke' becomes 'd' (abbreviation).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'conflict' becomes 'war' (war is a kind of conflict).
'a'+'war'='awar'
'd' after 'awar' is 'AWARD'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for award that I've seen before include "Grant - prize" , "Give, as an honour" , "Oscar, say" , "Grant made by a court of law" , "Grant, confer" .)

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