Possibly pine to probe lives and dreams (6)
I believe the answer is:
ideals
'dreams' is the definition.
(ideal can mean a dream or aspiration)
'possibly pine to probe lives' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'pine' could be 'deal' (deal can mean wood as a building material) and 'deal' is found in the answer.
'lives' could be 'is' ('be' can be a synonym of 'live') and 'is' is found within the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ideals that I've seen before include "Ladies (anag.)" , "They're perfect" , "100%? > 10 out out of 10? > With capital, more would want these" , "Noble aspirations for ladies" , "Morals" .)