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Lofty notions of exceptional ladies (6)

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I believe the answer is:

ideals

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'lofty notions' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to thinking as well as being plural nouns.
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'exceptional ladies' is the wordplay.
'exceptional' indicates an anagram (an unusual or exceptional ordering of the letters).
'ladies' is an anagram of 'IDEALS'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for ideals that I've seen before include "Ideas regarded as perfect or standards" , "Highest standards, model objectives" , "Ladies (anag.)" , "Moral standards" , "Bad ladies have high principles" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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