Greedy person at cup match producing hamper (6)
I believe the answer is:
hogtie
'hamper' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'greedy person at cup match' is the wordplay.
'greedy person' becomes 'hog' (informal term).
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'cup match' becomes 'tie'.
'hog'+'tie'='HOGTIE'
'producing' acts as a link.
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