Elicit approval in a girl (5)
I believe the answer is:
evoke
'elicit' is the definition.
(I know that elicit can be written as evoke)
'approval in a girl' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'approval' could be 'ok' (OK is an example) and 'ok' is located in the answer.
'girl' could be 'eve' and 'eve' is found in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for evoke that I've seen before include "Call up; elicit" , "Draw forth (memories)" , "Prompt" , "Call to mind (memories)" , "Rekindle" .)