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Desire held in by salesperson? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pitcher

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'salesperson?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'desire held in by' is the wordplay.
'desire' becomes 'itch' (itch is a kind of desire).
'held in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'by' becomes 'per' (I've seen this in another clue).
'itch' going within 'per' is 'PITCHER'.

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(Other definitions for pitcher that I've seen before include "able to hold a lot of beer" , "Someone promoting" , "Ewer" , "Baseball player; big jug" , "Vessel with a handle and spout" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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