Girl in the morning leaves continent (5)
I believe the answer is:
erica
'girl' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'morning leaves continent' is the wordplay.
'morning' becomes 'am'.
'leaves' is a deletion indicator.
'continent' becomes 'america' (I've seen this before).
'america' with 'am' taken out is 'ERICA'.
'in the' is the link.
(Other definitions for erica that I've seen before include "Girl's name - heather" , "growing up on the moors" , "Shrub genus; girl's name" , "found on the moors" , "Female" .)