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Hope to get wild praise (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aspire

'hope' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'wild praise' is the wordplay.
'wild' indicates an anagram.
'praise' with letters rearranged gives 'ASPIRE'.

'to get' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for aspire that I've seen before include "Strive for higher things" , "Have hopes (to achieve something)" , "Earnestly desire (to achieve something)" , "Aim at, work towards" , "Hope (to do something)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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