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Reward for merit (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

medal

(Other definitions for medal that I've seen before include "Award for achievement" , "Lamed by award" , "Award for merit" , "Decorative award" , "silver?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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