An eagle injured and without a tail, female (6)
I believe the answer is:
angela
'tail female' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'an eagle injured and without a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'an' could be 'a' and 'a' is located in the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'gel' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for angela that I've seen before include "Girl's name" , "- Gheorghiu, Romanian soprano" , "------ Gheorghiu, diva" , "girl" , "Frau Merkel" .)