The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GLORY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result GLORY
- Sort of hole in halo
- Magnificence of head of grey parrot
- Horrific cases start to libel celebrity
- That’s a surprise celebrity
- Blloody triumph
- Praise head of grey parrot
- Liberal involved in distasteful widespread praise
- Left in bloodstained triumph
- First sign of grey parrot and crow?
- Celebrity is savage, wants liquor first
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The straight part
We know that "triumph" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case triumph = glory.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does GLORY mean?
GLORY noun- Great or overwhelming beauty or splendour.
- Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
- That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
- Worship or praise.
- An optical phenomenon, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow, caused by sunlight or moonlight interacting with the water droplets that compose mist or clouds, centered on the antisolar or antilunar point.
- Victory; success.
- An emanation of light supposed to shine from beings that are specially holy. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.
- The manifestation of the presence of God as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religions.
- Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
- To exult with joy; to rejoice.
- To boast; to be proud.
- To shine radiantly.