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Part of a hospital grant (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

award

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

'part of a hospital' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'part' could be 'ward' (I have seen 'Part of hospital ' mean 'ward' so perhaps 'part' could also mean 'ward') and 'ward' is present in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for award that I've seen before include "Honour, prize" , "Arbitrator's decision" , "Prize in recognition of achievement" , "Tony, for example" , "Present - prize" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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