Wild father on escapade? (7)
I believe the answer is:
frantic
'wild' is the definition.
(I know that frantic is a more specific form of the attribute wild)
'father on escapade?' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'fr' (abbreviation as in a priest's title).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'escapade?' becomes 'antic' (I've seen this in another clue).
'fr'+'antic'='FRANTIC'
(Other definitions for frantic that I've seen before include "very worried" , "At the end of one's tether" , "Desperate with worry" , "Deranged by fear, worry etc" , "not collected!" .)