Desirous (7)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">desirous</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that desirous can be written as wishful)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for wishful that I've seen before include "Desirous sort of thinking?" , "Optimistic" , "This thinking is based on desire rather than fact (7)" , "Aspirant" , "(Of thinking) not based on hard facts" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">desirous</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(similar in meaning)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for eager that I've seen before include "Like some beavers" , "It's a bore" , "Swiss mountain" , "Keen - enthusiastic" , "Longing to see" .)