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Desirous to make a flight on fantastic fuel! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hopeful

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'desirous' is the definition.
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'a flight on fantastic fuel' is the wordplay.
'a flight on' becomes 'hop' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'fantastic' is an anagram indicator (a fantastic or improbable ordering of the letters).
'fuel' is an anagram of 'eful'.
'hop'+'eful'='HOPEFUL'

'to make' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for hopeful that I've seen before include "One wishing to succeed" , "Promising success" , "Prospect" , "Wannabe" , "Optimistic, expectant" .)

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