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Phone about everyone (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

call

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

'about everyone' is the wordplay.
'about' becomes 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa').
'everyone' becomes 'all' (I've seen this before).
'c'+'all'='CALL'

(Other definitions for call that I've seen before include "Ring; name" , "Visit; telephone" , "Assign a name to" , "Visit; cry out" , "Visit; shout" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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