He has a belief beef should be totally eliminated (3)
I believe the answer is:
ali
'he' is the definition.
'a belief beef should be totally eliminated' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'li' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'has' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ali that I've seen before include "Fourth caliph of Islam" , "Lepidopterous floater, apian stinger, d. 2016" , "Muhammad ... (former fighter)" , "Muhammad - - , legendary boxer" , "Muhammad --, US boxer" .)