The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word EXILE
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More clues leading to the result EXILE
- Refugee with no time at all for material
- Outcast Felix eventually shows up
- Outlaw formerly spotted on French island
- Refugee finding foreign article in river
- Former partner yours truly will reportedly banish
- Old priest backing Romeo in Mantua?
- Banish from English team taking on the French
- Deport half of 11 out of 12 shortly
- Displaced person always killing time in Jersey?
- European story, probed by Times, backing person living elsewhere
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The straight part
We know that "it marked out Napoleon" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case it marked out napoleon = exile.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does EXILE mean?
EXILE noun- The state of being banished from one's home or country.
- Someone who is banished from their home or country.
- To send into exile.