The businesslike plan of a woman embracing a general (6)
I believe the answer is:
agenda
'the businesslike plan' is the definition.
'agenda' can be an answer for 'plan' (agenda is a kind of plan). I am not sure about the 'the businesslike' bit.
'woman embracing a general' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'Ada' (woman's name).
'embracing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a general' becomes 'gen'.
'ada' placed around 'gen' is 'AGENDA'.
'of a' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for agenda that I've seen before include "Programme of a meeting" , "To-do list" , "Topic list for meeting" , "Schedule, order of business" , "Schedule of items for meeting" .)