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Rising temptation in market can be slaked (8)

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I believe the answer is:

satiable

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'slaked' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, past participle verbs and adjectives occasionally define each other.

'rising temptation in market' is the wordplay.
'rising' is a reversal indicator (going up in a down clue).
'temptation' becomes 'bait' (bait is a kind of temptation).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'market' becomes 'sale' (I've seen this in other clues).
'bait' backwards is 'tiab'.
'tiab' put within 'sale' is 'SATIABLE'.

'can be' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for satiable that I've seen is " can be filled to capacity".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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