Women's record time greeted effusively (4)

I believe the answer is:

wept

'greeted effusively' is the definition.

'women's record time' is the wordplay.
'women' becomes 'w'.
'record' becomes 'ep'.
'time' becomes 't'.
'w'+'ep'+'t'='WEPT'

(Other definitions for wept that I've seen before include "Cried, sobbed" , ""Jesus ___" (St John's Gospel, xi. 35)" , "Exclude, prohibit" , "lamented" , "Sobbed heavily" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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