Longed for time to end badly? (7)
I believe the answer is:
yearned
'longed for' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'time to end badly?' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 'year' (year is a unit of time).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'badly?' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'badly' mean this).
'end' with letters rearranged gives 'ned'.
'year'+'ned'='YEARNED'
(Other definitions for yearned that I've seen before include "Desired strongly and persistently" , "Craved" , "Longed, hankered" , "Did long" , "Longed to be in deanery" .)