Bloke gets lover in order (7)
I believe the answer is:
mandate
'order' is the definition.
(I know that mandate is a more specific form of the action order)
'bloke gets lover' is the wordplay.
'bloke' becomes 'man' (informal term for a man).
'gets lover' becomes 'date' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'man'+'date'='MANDATE'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mandate that I've seen before include "Authority conferred on a tandem" , "Legal authorisation" , "Authority given to perform certain task" , "Decree" , "Authority to do something" .)