Girl caught inside a tale? (5)
I believe the answer is:
alice
'girl' is the definition.
(girl's name)
'caught inside a tale?' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'inside' is an insertion indicator.
'tale?' becomes 'lie' (tale can mean a lie or invention).
'a'+'lie'='alie'
'c' going inside 'alie' is 'ALICE'.
(Other definitions for alice that I've seen before include "Looking-glass girl" , "A Town Like - - (novel/film)" , "Girl famous for entering Wonderland" , "Lewis Carroll's immortal girl" , "Carrol's heroine" .)