Great desire of Yankee as a salaryman? (8)
I believe the answer is:
yearning
'great desire' is the definition.
'yearning' can be an answer for 'desire' (yearning is a kind of desire). I am not sure about the 'great' bit.
'yankee as a salaryman?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'yankee' could be 'y' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'y' is found within the answer.
'as' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is found in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for yearning that I've seen before include "Unfulfilled desire or need" , "Feeing great desire" , "Longing (for something)" , "Ardent wish" , "Longing - desire" .)