Desire to take a customer to the West End (5)
I believe the answer is:
covet
'desire' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'a customer to the west end' is the wordplay.
'a customer' becomes 'cove' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'the west end' suggests halving the letters (the half on the left or west).
'to' with half the letters taken is 't'.
'cove'+'t'='COVET'
'to take' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for covet that I've seen before include "Wish for something" , "Yearn to possess (another's property)" , "Crave something belonging to someone else" , "Want something belonging to another" , "Crave, long to possess" .)