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Let care be arranged for female in tragedy (7)

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I believe the answer is:

electra

'female in tragedy' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'let care be arranged' is the wordplay.
'be arranged' is an anagram indicator (letters rearranged).
'let'+'care'='letcare'
'letcare' with letters rearranged gives 'ELECTRA'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for electra that I've seen before include "Complex parallel to Oedipus" , "female in tragedy" , "King's daughter" , "Greek mythic woman has an odd Celt ear" , "Greek tragedy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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