The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word MADCAP
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More clues leading to the result MADCAP
- Eccentric map includes a federal area for Washington
- Silly old lady and current old man coming back
- Crazy plan gone into by military assistant
- Reckless senior officer’s assistant enthralled by chart
- Crazy general's assistant enthralled by chart
- Eccentric adult duck occasionally interrupting plan
- Female returning contraceptive gets rash
- Reckless royal officer briefly disrupting plan
- Eccentric American duck oddly included in plan
- Crackpot erected wall, subject to financial limit
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What does MADCAP mean?
MADCAP noun- An impulsive, hasty, capricious person.
- An insane person, a lunatic.
- Impulsive, hasty or reckless; capricious.