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Call up woman - all right to come in? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

evoke

'call up' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'woman all right to come in?' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'eve' (Eve is an example).
'all right' becomes 'ok' (synonyms).
'to come in?' is an insertion indicator.
'eve' placed around 'ok' is 'EVOKE'.

(Other definitions for evoke that I've seen before include "Call up as from memory" , "bring forth" , "Induce" , "Call up; elicit" , "Call back (memories)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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