The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DAYDREAM
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result DAYDREAM
- May dread disturbing reverie
- Broadcast dramedy describing a fantasy
- Visionary feature made Yard remarkable
- Pleasant fantasy story finally penned by father on quantity of paper
- Ready with treatment, coming in to block imaginary abstraction
- Speculate hydro project is riven by unknown fear mostly
- Pair upset about morning reverie
- Retired people won’t get such a fanciful idea
- Imagine, my dear, a rum after end of round
- Fantasise mother is about ready with changes
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The straight part
We know that "Retired people won’t get such a fanciful idea" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case retired people won’t get such a fanciful idea = daydream.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DAYDREAM mean?
DAYDREAM noun- A spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.
- To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.