"... a grin without a cat" observer (5)

I believe the answer is:

alice

(Other definitions for alice that I've seen before include "Lewis Carroll's heroine" , "Wonderland visitor" , "She fell down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world" , "Wonderland girl's name" , "Carroll heroine" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.

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