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Desire to Parisian is strange ... (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aspiration

'desire' is the definition.
(aspiration is a kind of desire)

'to parisian is strange' is the wordplay.
'is strange' indicates an anagram.
'to'+'parisian'='toparisian'
'toparisian' anagrammed gives 'ASPIRATION'.

(Other definitions for aspiration that I've seen before include "With which to announce Hammers' first" , "Drawing breath" , "Eager desire" , "Dream" , "Craving" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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