Female player's phrase for county official (7)
I believe the answer is:
sheriff
'county official' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'female player's phrase' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'female' could be 'she' ('she' refers to a woman) and 'she' is found within the answer.
'phrase' could be 'riff' (riff is a kind of phrase) and 'riff' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sheriff that I've seen before include "Crown's county officer" , "American lawman" , "US law-enforcement officer" , "Local officer" , "Crown's chief executive in a county" .)