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She's strangely shy about her record (5)

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I believe the answer is:

sylph

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'her record' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'she's strangely shy about' is the wordplay.
'she' becomes 'lp' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'strangely' indicates an anagram.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'shy' anagrammed gives 'syh'.
'lp' going within 'syh' is 'SYLPH'.

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(Other definitions for sylph that I've seen before include "Slender, graceful girl" , "Slender and graceful young woman" , "Thin and graceful female" , "Graceful lass" , "Girl with slender figure" .)

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