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She'll help men out, but there's no scoring (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maiden

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'no scoring' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'she'll help men out but there's' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'help' could be 'aide' (aide is a kind of help) and 'aide' is located in the answer.
'there's' could be 'n' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'n' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'm' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for maiden that I've seen before include "horse that's never won" , "To the rear (of a ship)" , "I named (anag) - young woman" , "Spinster" , "Six dot balls" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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