Call a woman a case for approval (5)
I believe the answer is:
evoke
'call' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a woman a case for approval' is the wordplay.
'a woman' becomes 'eve' (Eve is an example).
'a case for' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'approval' becomes 'OK' (OK is an example).
'eve' going around 'ok' is 'EVOKE'.
(Other definitions for evoke that I've seen before include "Call up; elicit" , "Call up as from memory" , "bring forth" , "Elicit (a response)" , "call-up" .)