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She had nothing for poet at lepidoptery HQ? (6,7)

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I believe the answer is:

mother hubbard

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'she' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'nothing for poet at lepidoptery hq?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'nothing' could be 'o' (looks like zero - 0) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'poet' could be 'bard' (bard is a kind of poet) and 'bard' is found in the answer.
'at' could be 'her' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'her' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'had' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for mother hubbard that I've seen before include "Long, loose dress" , "Nursery rhyme character whose cupboard was bare" , "She tried unsuccessfully to give her dog a bone" , "Old bare-cupboard woman" , "She was out of bones!" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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