Crossword Genius

Impulsive revolutionary less wild in embrace of virgin (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

premature

'impulsive' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'revolutionary less wild in embrace of virgin' is the wordplay.
'revolutionary' is a reversal indicator.
'less wild' becomes 'tamer' (wild is the opposite of tame).
'in embrace of' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'virgin' becomes 'pure' (synonyms).
'tamer' back-to-front is 'remat'.
'remat' put into 'pure' is 'PREMATURE'.

(Other definitions for premature that I've seen before include "not fully developed" , "Before the normal time" , "Rash" , "Occurring before the expected time" , "Too soon to cause me rapture" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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