Fine about European mum’s name for my cousin? (5)
I believe the answer is:
niece
'cousin?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'fine about european mum's name for my' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'about' could be 'c' (abbreviation for circa) and 'c' is found in the answer.
'european' could be 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU) and 'e' is found in the answer.
'name' could be 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms) and 'n' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for niece that I've seen before include "Brother or sister's daughter" , "Family girl" , "Brother's daughter" , "Young female relative" , "[PRIEST'S] daughter?" .)