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Call up first woman receiving fine (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evoke

'call up' is the definition.
('evoke' can be a synonym of 'call up')

'first woman receiving fine' is the wordplay.
'first woman' becomes 'eve' (I've seen this before**).
'receiving' indicates putting letters inside.
'fine' becomes 'ok' ('OK' can be a synonym of 'fine').
'eve' placed around 'ok' is 'EVOKE'.

(Other definitions for evoke that I've seen before include "Draw forth (memories)" , "bring forth" , "Call back (memories)" , "Call up (memories, for instance)" , "Rekindle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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