He artfully gave Alice a headband (7)
I believe the answer is:
tenniel
'he artfully gave alice a headband' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'he' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'he' could be 'niel' and 'niel' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ten' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tenniel that I've seen before include "Illustrator of the Alice books" , "Sir John --, Victorian illustrator (Alice)" , "Lewis Carroll's illustrator" , "First illustrator of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'" , "'Alice In Wonderland' illustrator" .)