___ Mode, animated film character who says "Words are useless! Gobble-gobble-gobble-gobble-gobble-gobble!" (4)

I believe the answer is:

edna

(Other definitions for edna that I've seen before include "___ O'Brien, Irish novelist, b. 1930" , "Female Dane, oddly" , "Barry Humphries' Dame" , "Famous dame" , "Prolific Irish woman novelist . . . . O'Brien" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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