The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word AMBITION
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More clues leading to the result AMBITION
- Goal confines one playing
- Scope revealed by Oscar, standing in in goal
- Purpose before twelve part satellite transmission’s ending
- End morning piece working around one
- Drive in range, with ball cutting in
- Without opening gambit leading in one’s new goal
- End of drive?
- Is Picaroon working without scrap of hope?
- Starts to analyse Mihir Bose’s insights into playing in goal
- Drive from A to B with mini, erratically
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The straight part
We know that "goal" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case goal = ambition.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 AMBITION mean?
AMBITION noun- Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or literary fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
- An object of an ardent desire.
- A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
- A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
- The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
- To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.