I'd order army to take out odd target (5)
I believe the answer is:
dream
'take out odd target' is the definition.
'dream' can be an answer for 'take' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'out odd target' bit.
'i'd order army' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'army' could be 're' (Royal Engineers regiment) and 're' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'dam' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dream that I've seen before include "Somniate" , "Aspire" , "person to good to be true" , "Perfect" , "Reverie or nightmare" .)