She's broken the elbow with no bend! (5)

I believe the answer is:

ethel

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'she's' is the definition.
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'broken the elbow with no bend' is the wordplay.
'broken' becomes 'eth' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'with no' suggests deleting specific letters.
'bend' becomes 'bow' (bowing is a kind of bending).
'elbow' with 'bow' removed is 'el'.
'eth'+'el'='ETHEL'

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(Other definitions for ethel that I've seen before include "girl" , "- Merman, US musical comedy star" , "Lady" , "Lethe (anag) -- Barrymore or Merman" , "- Barrymore, actress" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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