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The answer

MEDAL

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MEDAL answer page.

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• PLACE (8 uses in xd)

Other clues for MEDAL

Every other clue in this collection answered by MEDAL, most used first.

• Olympic prize - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Military award - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Olympics award - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
• Olympian's prize - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Decoration - used 20 times, most recently in 2010
• Olympics prize - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Olympic award - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Purple Heart, e.g. - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Olympian's quest - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
• Olympian's award - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Award. - used 13 times, most recently in 1997
• Hero's reward - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Reward for bravery - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• __ of Honor - used 6 times, most recently in 2006

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• In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
• Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times

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