Girl’s bile so dreadful (6)
I believe the answer is:
isobel
'girl's' is the definition.
'bile so dreadful' is the wordplay.
'dreadful' indicates anagramming the letters.
'bile'+'so'='bileso'
'bileso' anagrammed gives 'ISOBEL'.
(Another definition for isobel that I've seen is " Lobs, i.e. into a girl's name".)
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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