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Recall almost always covering fine (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evoke

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

'almost always covering fine' is the wordplay.
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'always' becomes 'ever' (synonyms).
'covering' indicates putting letters inside.
'fine' becomes 'OK' (synonyms).
'ever' with its last letter taken off is 'eve'.
'eve' placed around 'ok' is 'EVOKE'.

(Other definitions for evoke that I've seen before include "Call forth (a response)" , "Call up; elicit" , "Bring (a thing) to mind" , "Summon up" , "Awake memories" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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