Now begrudge putting broken tap first (2,7)
I believe the answer is:
at present
'now' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'begrudge putting broken tap first' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'begrudge' could be 'resent' (synonyms) and 'resent' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'tap' is 'atp' which is within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for at present that I've seen before include "temporarily" , "As of now, during this time" , "Currently, right now" , "these days" , "Nowadays" .)