Possible Clues:

• Force to close off a lift
• Desperately hopes broadcast to get commendation
• Commend, extol
• Begs, we hear, for commendation
• “Every other author may aspire to ____; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach” (Samuel Johnson)
• Penny increase gets approval
• Hail, e.g
• Force welcoming a cheer
• Positive feedback
• Self-... is no ..., they say