Time to return, pursued by hot woman (5)
I believe the answer is:
edith
'woman' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'time to return pursued by hot' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 'tide' (suffix meaning time eg Yuletide).
'to return' says the letters should be written backwards.
'pursued by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'hot' becomes 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps).
'tide' reversed gives 'edit'.
'edit'+'h'='EDITH'
(Other definitions for edith that I've seen before include "- Cavell, nurse executed in 1915" , "Woman's name" , "girl" , "Osbert's sister" , "Eg Cavell" .)