Elicit aid in southern resort for visionary? (10)

I believe the answer is:

idealistic

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'for visionary?' is the definition.
('idealistic' can be a synonym of 'visionary')

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(Other definitions for idealistic that I've seen before include "Striving for perfection" , "Visionary" , "Naively impractical" , "Utopian" , "High-minded - italicised (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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