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Unsympathetic about each male expecting the unattainable? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dreamy

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'expecting the unattainable?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'unsympathetic about each male' is the wordplay.
'unsympathetic' becomes 'dry' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'each' becomes 'ea'.
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'ea'+'m'='eam'
'dry' enclosing 'eam' is 'DREAMY'.

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(Other definitions for dreamy that I've seen before include "Misty" , "Unreal -- gorgeous" , "quite impractical" , "Lovely" , "Pleasantly unreal, very attractive (colloq.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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