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Reckless plan to capture aide-de-camp (6)

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I believe the answer is:

madcap

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'reckless' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'plan to capture aide-de-camp' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'aide' could be 'adc' and 'adc' is found in the answer.
'plan' could be 'map' (plan can mean a map of something) and 'map' is present in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for madcap that I've seen before include "Hothead" , "Oddball" , "Wild fellow" , "Reckless girl" , "Harum-scarum" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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