Criticise an appeal held in Cyprus for greed (8)
I believe the answer is:
rapacity
'greed' is the definition.
('rapacity' can be a synonym of 'greed')
'criticise an appeal held in cyprus' is the wordplay.
'criticise' becomes 'rap' (I've seen this before).
'an' becomes 'a'.
'appeal' becomes 'it'.
'held in' indicates putting letters inside.
'cyprus' becomes 'cy' (abbreviation).
'it' going into 'cy' is 'city'.
'rap'+'a'+'city'='RAPACITY'
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for rapacity that I've seen before include "Greed, the plundering of others" , "Great greed and exploitation of others" , "Predatory nature" , "Extreme greed and predatory quality" , "Voracious greed" .)