Nice, request being put out to a bestower of gifts (5)

I believe the answer is:

santa

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'bestower of gifts' is the definition.
(Santa Claus)

'nice request being put out to a' is the wordplay.
'nice request' becomes 'n' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'being put' becomes 'sat' (both can mean positioned or placed).
'out' is an insertion indicator.
'n' placed inside 'sat' is 'sant'.
'sant'+'a'='SANTA'

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(Other definitions for santa that I've seen before include "patron at Christmas" , "-- Barbara" , "Christmas visitor" , "distributer of goodies" , "visitor bringing gifts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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