Article in Spain about the girl (5)
I believe the answer is:
ethel
'girl' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'article in spain about' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'the' (the definite article).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'spain about' becomes 'el' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'the' going within 'el' is 'ETHEL'.
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ethel that I've seen before include "Female name" , "Lethe (anag) -- Barrymore or Merman" , "chapel" , "- Merman, US actress" , "Dame --- Smyth; William Brown's sister" .)