...she gets help when fellows are around! (6)
I believe the answer is:
maiden
'she' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'help when fellows are around' is the wordplay.
'help when' becomes 'aid' (synonyms. I am not sure about the 'when' bit.).
'fellows' becomes 'men' (fellow can mean a man).
'are around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'aid' going into 'men' is 'MAIDEN'.
'gets' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for maiden that I've seen before include "To the rear (of a ship)" , "clothes horse" , "Of an aunt, unmarried" , "Single" , "Ship's first trip" .)