Classic beauty peculiar to English female — only her (5,2,4)
2D — Classic beauty peculiar to English female — only her (5,2,4) — HELEN OF TROY
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Definition
Definition found: 'Classic beauty' — The legendary Spartan queen whose face launched a thousand shipsThe legendary Spartan queen whose face launched a thousand ships
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Indicator
Indicator found: 'peculiar''Peculiar' suggests something odd or jumbled — a signal to rearrange letters
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Operation
'peculiar' signals a anagram operation
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Fodder
Fodder: 'to English female only her'
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Abbreviation
Abbreviations spotted: 'English female''English' is always E and 'female' is always F — two of the most common single-letter abbreviations in cryptic crosswords
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Assembly
TO + E + F + ONLY + HER > TOEFONLYHER = HELENOFTROY