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In harmony, lacking a yen to be avaricious (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

greedy

'be avaricious' is the definition.
('greedy' can be a synonym of 'avaricious')

'in harmony lacking a yen' is the wordplay.
'in harmony' becomes 'agreed' (I've seen this before).
'lacking' suggests deleting specific letters.
'yen' becomes 'y'.
'agreed' with 'a' removed is 'greed'.
'greed'+'y'='GREEDY'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for greedy that I've seen before include "Starving" , "pig!" , "Overeating" , "Keen" , "Covetous, avaricious" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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