Assists a fellow with the records (5)

I believe the answer is:

helps

'assists' is the definition.
('help' can be a synonym of 'assist')

'a fellow with the records' is the wordplay.
'a fellow' becomes 'he' (I've seen this in other clues).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the records' becomes 'lps' (LP is a type of record).
'he'+'lps'='HELPS'

(Another definition for helps that I've seen is " Assists".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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