She needs two articles (4)
I believe the answer is:
thea
'she' is the definition.
'two articles' is the wordplay.
'two articles' can mean two replacements for 'article'.
'article' becomes 'the' (the definite article in English).
'article' becomes 'a' (the indefinite article in English).
'the'+'a'='THEA'
'needs' is the link.
(Other definitions for thea that I've seen before include "Girl's name, tea genus" , "evergreen shrubs?" , "Plant" , "... Girl" , "Female name meaning 'goddess'" .)