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Wants one to enter nice house (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

desires

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'wants' is the definition.
('desire' can be a synonym of 'want')

'one to enter nice house' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'desres' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for desires that I've seen before include "Covets and yearns for" , "Wishes" , "Wants (7)." , "needs" , "Hopes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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