Attractive bay on list (9)

I believe the answer is:

covetable

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'attractive' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'bay on list' is the wordplay.
'bay' becomes 'cove' (I've seen this before).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'list' becomes 'table' (I've seen this before).
'cove'+'table'='COVETABLE'

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I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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