The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word ASPIRATION
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ASPIRATION
- Hope to have most of jelly with helping
- Hope and hope at first?
- Hope Portia’s in a play
- There’s hope when greedy-guts has to hand over a grand for a share
- Desire to Parisian is strange …
- Eager desire that could be a feature of hotel initially
- Desire excessively good helping when going first
- Like very good allocation? That’s what’s hoped for
- Arrangement for piano and sitar? Some hope
- Breathing in desire
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The straight part
We know that "what’s hoped for" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case what’s hoped for = aspiration.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does ASPIRATION mean?
ASPIRATION noun- The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of).
- The action of aspirating.
- A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants.