Huh?

[PuzzlingGal]

One hundred awarded distinction (3) TON. I don't understand this, neither definition nor wordplay.

[kayakamina]

Well the easy bit is that One hundred is a Ton!

That presumably is the definition. As to the wordplay ?

If you got a hundred that would certainly merit a dintinction
Or-

Awarded - given TO a N ( a name/ knight)?

Ton(y) award ?

Someone will come along and I'll feel stupid!

[sedge47]

ton = fashionable style or distinction (Oxford Dictionary of English)

[dundurn]

Haut ton or bon ton (from the French) used to be a common way of describing the 'upper crust' and was frequently contracted to just "the Ton" when describing "Society"

[PuzzlingGal]

Thanks to both.

[kayakamina]

Thanks sedge. I thought of Ton as fashionable but the Chambers definition is 'People of Fashion' so I hesitated.

Not the best clue ever!