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Angel offering a bit of help with a harp composition (7)

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I believe the answer is:

raphael

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'angel' is the definition.
(I know that Raphael is a angel)

'a bit of help with a harp composition' is the wordplay.
'bit of help' becomes 'el' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'composition' indicates anagramming the letters.
'harp' anagrammed gives 'raph'.
'a'+'el'='ael'
'ael' put after 'raph' is 'RAPHAEL'.

'offering' is the link.

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(Other definitions for raphael that I've seen before include "Painter of the Sistine Madonna" , "Archangel - Italian painter d. 1520" , "A Renaissance artist" , "Angel; Italian painter" , "Fifteenth to sixteenth century Italian painter/architect" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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