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Slicing liver to give to a woman (6)

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I believe the answer is:

elvira

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'woman' is the definition.

'slicing liver to give to a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'liver' is 'elvir' which is present in the answer.
'a' is within the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for elvira that I've seen before include "Girl's name (from Don Giovanni)" , "Coward spirit" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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