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Nice girl, she'll help fellows out (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maiden

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'nice girl she'll' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'help fellows out' is the wordplay.
'help' becomes 'aid' (synonyms).
'fellows' becomes 'men' (fellow can mean a man).
'out' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'aid' going into 'men' is 'MAIDEN'.

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(Other definitions for maiden that I've seen before include "Unmated; runless over" , "First ever public address" , "Earliest - unmarried" , "No runs are scored from this - young girl" , "To the rear (of a ship)" .)

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