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Call up first woman - all right to come in? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evoke

'call up' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'first woman all right to come in?' is the wordplay.
'first woman' becomes 'eve' (first woman in the bible).
'all right' becomes 'ok' (synonyms).
'to come in?' is an insertion indicator.
'eve' going around 'ok' is 'EVOKE'.

(Other definitions for evoke that I've seen before include "Kindle (memory)" , "Induce" , "Raise" , "call-up" , "Call up; elicit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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