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Fancy yard made to go wild (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

daydream

'fancy' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'yard made to go wild' is the wordplay.
'to go wild' indicates anagramming the letters (a wild or chaotic ordering of the letters).
'yard'+'made'='yardmade'
'yardmade' is an anagram of 'DAYDREAM'.

(Other definitions for daydream that I've seen before include "Wool-gather" , "(Indulge in) idle reverie" , "Diurnal reveries" , "A pleasant diurnal fantasy" , "Distracting thoughts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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