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 see how this works, but
'about' could be 'c' (abbreviation for circa) and 'c' is located in the answer.
'european' could be 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU) and 'e' is found within the answer.
'name' could be 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms) and 'n' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
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?" .)