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Greedy individual possibly has second meal but no starter (6)

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I believe the answer is:

sinner

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'greedy individual possibly' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'second meal but no starter' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'meal' becomes 'dinner' (dinner is a kind of meal).
'but no starter' means to remove the first letter.
'dinner' with its initial letter taken off is 'inner'.
's'+'inner'='SINNER'

'has' is the link.

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(Other definitions for sinner that I've seen before include "One breaking divine law" , "One who breaches the moral law" , "Wrong-doer" , "Miscreant" , "Immoral transgressor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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