Crossword Genius

Duke appearing after attendant is called for (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

paged

'is called for' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'duke appearing after attendant' is the wordplay.
'duke' becomes 'd' (abbreviation).
'appearing after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'attendant' becomes 'page' (page is a kind of attendant).
'd' after 'page' is 'PAGED'.

(Other definitions for paged that I've seen before include "Called over a public address system" , "Summoned over a PA system" , "Called to phone" , "called by Speaker" , "Called a name over a PA system" .)

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