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Saccharine aspirations communicated late in the evening (5,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sweet dreams

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'communicated late in the evening' is the definition.
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'saccharine aspirations' is the wordplay.
'saccharine' becomes 'sweet' (similar in meaning).
'aspirations' becomes 'dreams' ('dream' can be a synonym of 'aspiration').
'sweet'+'dreams'='SWEET DREAMS'

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