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Maybe it is meant as a "hidden" which is anagrammed (somehow)

byMOTHERErica ??

Yes, I considered that, jazzgirl - but hidden and anagrammed seemed rather convoluted (especially when you remember some other Alpha Puzzle clues!).

Thanks everybody for your help...Theorem was the answer, it was way to difficult for me...

I'm clutching at straws ;0)

malone: I agree; it's unfair out of context, but...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._arborea

It took me a while to realise it was an anagram of mother and E from Erica = theorem.

Thanks, daphne. Yes, that parsing was mentioned earlier - but the bit I didn't like was that the E came from Erica. It's an abbreviation I've never seen before, and I don't think it's a fair one!

Aristo, I think it was the same puzzle that used T for Tom not so long ago, and there too I couldn't see the basis for this.