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Space for wild rapture, sweetheart! (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aperture

'space' is the definition.
(I know that aperture is a type of hole)

'wild rapture sweetheart' is the wordplay.
'wild' indicates anagramming the letters.
'sweetheart' becomes 'e' (the heart/centre of 'sweet').
'rapture' is an anagram of 'apertur'.
'apertur'+'e'='APERTURE'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for aperture that I've seen before include "Small hole or opening" , "Crack" , "Opening through which light enters a camera" , "Hole, gap" , "Opening, gap" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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