After Beethoven's fifth, she gives us a bit of Elgar (5)
I believe the answer is:
helga
'a bit of elgar' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'after beethoven's fifth she' is the wordplay.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'beethoven's fifth' becomes 'h' (5th letter of 'beethoven').
'she' becomes 'elga' ().
'h'+'elga' is 'HELGA'.
'gives us' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for helga that I've seen is " Girl".)
I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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