The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word IDEALS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result IDEALS
- Is about to deliver standards of perfection
- Dreams of Delia’s cooking
- Island trade Samoan leader values
- Morals of ladies becoming corrupted
- What drug pusher might say at entrance: ‘Sweet dreams’
- Principles one compromises?
- Various ladies show high principles
- Ladies in fashion or models
- Current partner with wheels seeking the highest standards
- Ladies could be perfect examples
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "high principles" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case high principles = ideals.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.