Possible Clues:

• Anticipates
• Looks forward to
• Hopes to get
• 'England - - ...' (Nelson)
• Is likely to deliver soon
• Surmises
• Waits for
• 'Nobody -- the Spanish Inquisition!'
• See 19 Across
• 'Our King -- - was there no precontract?' (Tennyson, The Princess)