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She's of some help to a space visitant (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ethel

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'she's' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'some help to a space visitant' is the wordplay.
'some' means to look at the middle letters.
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'a space visitant' becomes 'eth' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The middle letters of 'help' are 'el'.
'el' put after 'eth' is 'ETHEL'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ethel that I've seen before include "Trying not to be seen" , "- Barrymore, actress" , "chapel" , "- Merman, US actress" , "- Merman, US musical comedy star" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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