Request charity houses popular person (5)
I believe the answer is:
being
'person' is the definition.
(I've seen this in other clues)
'request charity houses popular' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'popular' could be 'in' ('in' can mean trendy) and 'in' is located in the answer.
'request' could be 'beg' (begging is a kind of requesting) and 'beg' is found within the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for being that I've seen before include "Human, perhaps" , "Existing" , "A living creature" , "Living thing" , "See 9" .)