Sally ready to embrace East German (7)
I believe the answer is:
riposte
'sally' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'ready to embrace east german' is the wordplay.
'ready' becomes 'ripe' ('ripe' can be similar in meaning to 'ready').
'to embrace' indicates putting letters inside.
'east german' becomes 'ost' ('east' in German).
'ripe' placed around 'ost' is 'RIPOSTE'.
(Other definitions for riposte that I've seen before include "Quick retort or return hit in fencing" , "Reply, response" , "Poster I alter for repartee" , "Witty comeback" , "Rejoinder" .)