Possible Clues:

• High-hoper
• He is hoping to upset Paris worker
• 'Perhaps she wished an - profounder, / But whatsoe'er she wished, she acted right' (Byron)
• His desire could make him partisan
• Candidate requires painkiller, one giving way to a temperature
• One seeking eg promotion
• Hopeful partisan going to the dogs
• Awannabee found in past rain
• Trying to get to the serpent, I use immoderate language
• One with a goal