Set the bird free to irritate her (7)
I believe the answer is:
bridget
'set' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'bird free to irritate her' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'bird' is 'brid' which is located in the answer.
'irritate' could be 'get' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'get' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bridget that I've seen before include "Saintly woman" , "Miss Jones the diarist" , "Saint" , "Girl" .)