Not all men receiving victory note with cunning desire (9)
I believe the answer is:
enviously
'not' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'all men receiving victory note with cunning desire' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'victory' could be 'v' and 'v' is found in the answer.
'note' could be 'iou' (I owe you, a promise to pay a debt) and 'iou' is found within the answer.
'cunning' could be 'sly' (synonyms) and 'sly' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'en' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?