Endlessly hoping for the removal of a bad head? (7)
I believe the answer is:
aspirin
'removal of a bad head?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'endlessly hoping' is the wordplay.
'endlessly' means to remove the last letter.
'hoping' becomes 'aspiring' (I've seen this before).
'aspiring' with its last letter taken off is 'ASPIRIN'.
'for the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aspirin that I've seen before include "Headache pill" , "Common pain tablet" , "Analgesic compound" , "Anti-inflammatory drug" , "Pain-relief drug" .)