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Aspiration of Parisian father (6)

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I believe the answer is:

desire

'aspiration' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'of parisian father' is the wordplay.
'of parisian' becomes 'de'.
'father' becomes 'sire' ('sire' can be a synonym of 'father').
'de'+'sire'='DESIRE'

(Other definitions for desire that I've seen before include "Hanker after" , "Famous play: ''A Streetcar Named ......''" , "Reside in longing" , "Strong need" , "Want strongly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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