Want a customer for a tin opener (5)

I believe the answer is:

covet

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'want' is the definition.
(I know that covet is a type of begrudge)

'a customer for a tin opener' is the wordplay.
'a customer for' becomes 'cove' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'opener' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'tin' is 't'.
'cove'+'t'='COVET'

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(Other definitions for covet that I've seen before include "Yearn to possess (an item owned by another)" , "Complacent" , "Long to have (something belonging to another)" , "Envy" , "Crave, long to possess" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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