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Bidding to get digital assistance is inviting trouble (6,3,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

asking for it

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'trouble' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Tempting trouble' mean 'asking for it' so perhaps 'trouble' could also mean 'asking for it')

'bidding to get digital assistance is inviting' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'to' could be 'for' and 'for' is present in the answer.
'inviting' could be 'asking' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'asking' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'it' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Another definition for asking for it that I've seen is " Tempting trouble".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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