Space for wild rapture, sweetheart! (8)

(Source: London Evening Standard)

"wild rapture" ⇒ an anagram of "rapture"

"sweetheart" ⇒ "heart" of "sweet" ⇒ the middle letter or letters of "sweet" ⇒ e.g. "e"

General meaning ⇒ space ⇒ i.e. a gap

Answer ⇒ aperture