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Woman gets signal to point to person removed (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evacuee

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'person removed' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'woman gets signal to point' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'eva' (woman's name).
'gets' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'signal' becomes 'cue' (as in an actor's cue).
'to point' becomes 'E' (compass point).
'eva'+'cue'+'e'='EVACUEE'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for evacuee that I've seen before include "One moved out of a war zone" , "one's moved to a safer place" , "one is taken to safety" , "One removed from place or danger as in war" , "Person removed from dangerous place" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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