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Wish fellow would take work (4)

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I believe the answer is:

hope

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'wish fellow' is the definition.
'hope' can be an answer for 'wish' (hoping is a kind of wishing). I am not sure about the 'fellow' bit.

'would take work' is the wordplay.
'would' becomes 'he' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'take' is an insertion indicator.
'work' becomes 'op' (abbreviation for opus).
'he' enclosing 'op' is 'HOPE'.

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(Other definitions for hope that I've seen before include "One who wrote about prisoner" , "Cross your fingers" , "Bob --, US comic" , "Companion to faith and charity" , "It springs eternal, it's said" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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