Assists fellow get records (5)

I believe the answer is:

helps

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

'fellow get records' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'he' ('he' refers to a man).
'get' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'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 Mirror.

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