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Urge one lass to get reckless (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prodigal

'reckless' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'urge one lass' is the wordplay.
'urge' becomes 'prod'.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'lass' becomes 'gal' (I've seen this before).
'prod'+'i'+'gal'='PRODIGAL'

'to get' is the link.

(Other definitions for prodigal that I've seen before include "Wastefully extravagant" , "Wasteful - gold pair (anag)" , "Improvident" , "overspending" , "Extravagant - lavish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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