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She stands for everything English (4)

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ella

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(Other definitions for ella that I've seen before include "Great late jazz singer . . . . Fitzgerald" , "Ms Fitzgerald" , "Diminutive of Eleanor" , "- - Fitzgerald (mus.)" , "Girl" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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