Reckless American lawman taken with Soviet wickedness? (9)

I believe the answer is:

daredevil

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'reckless' is the definition.
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'american lawman taken with soviet wickedness?' is the wordplay.
'american lawman' becomes 'da' (I am not sure about the 'american' bit.).
'taken with' says to put letters next to each other.
'soviet' becomes 'red' (red can informally mean communist).
'wickedness?' becomes 'evil' ('evil' can be a synonym of 'wickedness').
'da'+'red'+'evil'='DAREDEVIL'

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(Other definitions for daredevil that I've seen before include "Madcap" , "rash" , "Reckless showoff" , "Lover of danger" , "Dread evil, being a reckless person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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