Child about to embrace crazy wanderers (6)
I believe the answer is:
nomads
'wanderers' is the definition.
(I know this)
'child about to embrace crazy' is the wordplay.
'child' becomes 'son' (male child).
'about' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'to embrace' is an insertion indicator.
'crazy' becomes 'mad' (synonyms).
'son' back-to-front is 'nos'.
'nos' placed around 'mad' is 'NOMADS'.
(Other definitions for nomads that I've seen before include "They travel all year round" , "Travellers" , "They travel from place to place with no permanent home" , "Wandering people, roaming tribes" , "Damson for wanderers" .)