Dodge eastern fellow going west (5)

I believe the answer is:

evade

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'dodge' is the definition.
(I know that evade is a more specific form of escape)

'eastern fellow going west' is the wordplay.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'fellow going west' becomes 'vade' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'e'+'vade'='EVADE'

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(Other definitions for evade that I've seen before include "Avoid, get out of" , "Dodge - prevaricate" , "Dodge (taxes)" , "Escape (esp. by guile)" , "Manage to avoid" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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