Soldier captures a cheeky Italian patriot (9)

I believe the answer is:

garibaldi

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

'soldier captures a cheeky' is the wordplay.
'soldier' becomes 'GI' (term for US soldier).
'captures' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'cheeky' becomes 'ribald' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a'+'ribald'='aribald'
'gi' placed around 'aribald' is 'GARIBALDI'.

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(Other definitions for garibaldi that I've seen before include "Italian nationalist; biscuit" , "hero in Italy" , "Blouse; biscuit; Italian patriot" , "Lady's blouse" , "Currant sandwich biscuit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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