She helped in a novel way to get a title for him (7)
I believe the answer is:
haggard
'she helped in a novel way to get a title' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'him' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'him' could be 'gard' and 'gard' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'hag' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for haggard that I've seen before include "She came from him" , "Drawn, careworn" , "Gaunt - British author, d. 1925" , "writer" , "Careworn - novelist" .)