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There's a girl for every one, even a snake! (5)

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I believe the answer is:

viper

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'snake' is the definition.
(I know that snake can be written as Viper)

'there's a girl for every' is the wordplay.
'there's a girl' becomes 'vi' (short for Violet).
'for every' becomes 'per' ('per' means 'for each' or 'for every').
'vi'+'per'='VIPER'

'one even a' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for viper that I've seen before include "Venomous snake, person" , "crawler" , "spiteful person" , "Malicious person" , "A small poisonous snake" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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