Daredevil had to wrap old article (7)
I believe the answer is:
hothead
'daredevil' is the definition.
(I know that daredevil can be written as hothead)
'had to wrap old article' is the wordplay.
'to wrap' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'article' becomes 'the' (the definite article in English).
'o'+'the'='othe'
'had' enclosing 'othe' is 'HOTHEAD'.
(Other definitions for hothead that I've seen before include "Person liable to get reckless impulses" , "Daredevil" , "Tearaway" , "Madcap" , "Quick-tempered person" .)