Her ladle's broken (5)
I believe the answer is:
della
'her' is the definition.
'ladle's broken' is the wordplay.
'broken' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ladle' is an anagram of 'DELLA'.
(Another definition for della that I've seen is " - - Street (Perry Mason)".)
I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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