Yearns to have old man meet Eliot (6)
I believe the answer is:
covets
'yearns' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with human feelings as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'old man meet eliot' is the wordplay.
'old man' becomes 'cove' (cove is an old-fashioned term for a man).
'meet' says to put letters next to each other.
'eliot' becomes 'ts' (poet TS Eliot).
'cove'+'ts'='COVETS'
'to have' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for covets that I've seen before include "Badly wants" , "Craves for something someone else has" , "Yearns to have something someone else has" .)