“Charmingly and efficiently”, the girl put in (8)
I believe the answer is:
adorably
'charmingly' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs. Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'efficiently the girl put in' is the wordplay.
'efficiently' becomes 'ably' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'the girl' becomes 'dora'.
'put in' is an insertion indicator.
'ably' placed around 'dora' is 'ADORABLY'.
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for adorably that I've seen before include "in delightful way" , "inspiring great affection" .)