Pinch first woman after tense welcome (6)
I believe the answer is:
thieve
'pinch' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'first woman after tense welcome' is the wordplay.
'first woman' becomes 'eve' (I've seen this before).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'tense' becomes 't' (abbreviation used in many dictionaries).
'welcome' becomes 'hi' (I've seen this in other clues).
't'+'hi'='thi'
'eve' after 'thi' is 'THIEVE'.
(Other definitions for thieve that I've seen before include "Knock off" , "Pinch" , "Steal things" , "Misappropriate" , "Nick things" .)