She can only play one note on the fife (5)
I believe the answer is:
effie
'she' is the definition.
'play one note on the fife' is the wordplay.
'play' indicates anagramming the letters.
'one note' becomes 'e' (musical note).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'e'+'fife'='efife'
'efife' with letters rearranged gives 'EFFIE'.
'can only' is the link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
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I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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