Girl in care, I suspect (5)
I believe the answer is:
erica
'girl' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'care i suspect' is the wordplay.
'suspect' indicates an anagram.
'care'+'i'='carei'
'carei' is an anagram of 'ERICA'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for erica that I've seen before include "Woman" , "Heather, for instance" , "Girl's name - heather" , "Heath genus; girl's name" , "Shrubs" .)