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Excited first woman carrying fine daughter (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evoked

'excited' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'first woman carrying fine daughter' is the wordplay.
'first' says to put letters next to each other.
'woman' becomes 'eve' (Eve is an example).
'carrying' is an insertion indicator.
'fine' becomes 'ok' (synonyms).
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'eve' enclosing 'ok' is 'evoke'.
'evoke' next to 'd' is 'EVOKED'.

(Other definitions for evoked that I've seen before include "Conjured up in the mind" , "excited" , "Called to mind" , "Recalled" , "Called up memories or feelings" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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