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Respond - to an encore call? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

react

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'respond' is the definition.
(I know that respond can be written as react)

'an encore call?' is the wordplay.
'an encore' becomes 're' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'call?' becomes 'act' (call is a kind of act).
're'+'act'='REACT'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for react that I've seen before include "Behave in response" , "Retaliate" , "Acknowledge" , "What a chemical might do" , "Respond to a stimulus" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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