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Was she a saucy singer? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

melba

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'was she a saucy singer?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'she a saucy singer?' is the wordplay.
'she' becomes 'Mel'.
'a saucy singer?' becomes 'ba' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'mel'+'ba'='MELBA'

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(Other definitions for melba that I've seen before include "singer from down under" , "Sort of toast" , "great soprano" , "Dame Nellie --; peach --" , "Australian operatic soprano, d. 1931" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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