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A woman taken up with fashion, like most (7)

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I believe the answer is:

average

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'most' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'a woman taken up with fashion' is the wordplay.
'a woman' becomes 'eva' (woman's name).
'taken up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'fashion' becomes 'rage' (something all the rage is fashionable).
'eva' reversed gives 'ave'.
'ave'+'rage'='AVERAGE'

'like' is the link.

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(Other definitions for average that I've seen before include "Medium; normal" , "Medial" , "Of no exceptional quality or ability" , "Moderate" , "Mean - typical" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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