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Urge single girl to be reckless (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prodigal

'reckless' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'urge single girl' is the wordplay.
'urge' becomes 'prod'.
'single' becomes 'i' (one).
'girl' becomes 'gal' ('gal' can be a synonym of 'girl').
'prod'+'i'+'gal'='PRODIGAL'

'to be' is the link.

(Other definitions for prodigal that I've seen before include "Wastefully extravagant" , "Profligate" , "Grip load (anag.)" , "overspending" , "Recklessly wasteful or extravagant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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