Evade official about daughter (5)
I believe the answer is:
dodge
'evade' is the definition.
(I know that evade is a kind of dodge)
'official about daughter' is the wordplay.
'official' becomes 'doge' (doge is a kind of official).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'doge' enclosing 'd' is 'DODGE'.
(Other definitions for dodge that I've seen before include "Avoid; cunning trick" , "Duck, move to avoid" , "Avoid by sudden movement" , "Wild West city" , "Ploy" .)