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Call to mind First Lady getting to grips with fine (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evoke

'call to mind' is the definition.
('evoke' can be a synonym of 'call to mind')

'first lady getting to grips with fine' is the wordplay.
'first lady' becomes 'eve' (I've seen this before**).
'getting to grips with' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'fine' becomes 'ok' ('OK' can be a synonym of 'fine').
'eve' going around 'ok' is 'EVOKE'.

(Other definitions for evoke that I've seen before include "Conjure up" , "Call up; elicit" , "Elicit (a response)" , "Summon up" , "Call up (memories, for instance)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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