Girl in grand novel by Jane Austen (5)
I believe the answer is:
gemma
'girl' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'grand novel by jane austen' is the wordplay.
'grand' becomes 'g' (G is short for grand as in a thousand).
'novel by jane austen' becomes 'emma' (I've seen this in another clue).
'g'+'emma'='GEMMA'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gemma that I've seen before include "Girl's name" , "Bud" , "girl" .)