Woman compiling three articles (6)
I believe the answer is:
anthea
'woman' is the definition.
'three articles' is the wordplay.
'three articles' means three replacements for 'article'.
'article' becomes 'an' (indefinite article).
'article' becomes 'the' (the 'definite article' part of speech).
'article' becomes 'a' (indefinite article).
'an'+'the'+'a'='ANTHEA'
'compiling' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for anthea that I've seen before include "Female" , "Woman" , "Girl" .)