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He's entering wager by request (6)

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I believe the answer is:

behest

'request' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'he's entering wager' is the wordplay.
'entering' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'wager' becomes 'bet' ('bet' can be a synonym of 'wager').
'hes' put into 'bet' is 'BEHEST'.

'by' is the link.

(Other definitions for behest that I've seen before include "Command - Thebes (anag)" , "Command, bidding" , "(At someone's) command" , "Order" .)

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