Calling out pioneering woman about career? Not acceptable (9)
I believe the answer is:
evocative
'calling out' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'pioneering woman about career? not acceptable' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'woman' could be 'cati' and 'cati' is present in the answer.
'not' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for evocative that I've seen before include "Bringing a feeling vividly to mind" , "Haunting" , "Drawing forth" , "stimulating" , "Conjuring up strong images/memories" .)