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For her the cockney had jellied eel (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adele

'for her' is the definition.

'cockney had jellied eel' is the wordplay.
'cockney had' becomes ''ad' ('had' said with a cockney accent, dropping the 'H').
'jellied' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'eel' with letters rearranged gives 'ele'.
'ad'+'ele'='ADELE'

'the' is the link.

(Other definitions for adele that I've seen before include "girl" , "Popular female singer" , "Performer" , "Woman" , "Female English singer-songwriter, b. 1988" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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