Stm Super Cryptic 01-05-2022

[michaelinoz]

Can anyone help explain the answer to this clue?

Seen in Sunday Times Magazine Super Cryptic (Western Australia):

Not, you say, the girl (4)

ANNE

[1ozzy]

Thought I'd bump this one up the list.
I'd like to know the parsing.

[Neveracrossword]

An E, not U, 'you,say'...? That's all I can come up with!

[dannyk13]

Bird- not sounds like knot.

[Etch]

'Anne' sounds like (you say) 'an-', meaning 'not'

[Etch]

E.g. 'anechoic', 'anhydrous'

[dannyk13]

Well done Etch.

[mallyh]

what a horrible clue x

[emmie]

i thought Anne might be wrong, but what do i know......

[1ozzy]

I agree Mally.

[Neveracrossword]

H'mm, I'm not keen on the 'an=not', especially as it's not in Chambers. It's definitely not a good or elegant clue!

[Etch]

https://chambers.co.uk/search/?query=an&title=21st
Third definition:
a- or (before a vowel, and in scientific compounds before h) an- prefix, signifying not; without; opposite to • amoral • ahistorical • anaemia • anhydrous.

[Neveracrossword]

THanks, Etch - informative, helpful etc... but I still dislike the c,lue itself!

[michaelinoz]

Thanks, Etch, and all of you for quick replies.
I agree, sometimes the clue just isn't that hot.