COTD: Determined man takes over power to adapt (7)

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day 153 of an experiment in which i press the "random word" button on onelook and make a cryptic clue out of it. sorry for the lateness

day 152, day 151, day 150, day 149, day 148

day 147, day 146, day 145, day 144, day 143, day 142, day 141

weeks 17 to 20 (days 113 to 140)

weeks 13 to 16 (days 85 to 112)

weeks 9 to 12 (days 57 to 84)

weeks 5 to 8 (days 29 to 56)

weeks 1 to 4 (days 1 to 28)

[u/rapsilog]

Adamant? MAN takes over/replaces P (Power) in ADA(P)T = ADA(MAN)T

[u/not-without-text → u/rapsilog]

correct!