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You can bet it's made of wood (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stake

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'you can bet' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'it's made of wood' is the wordplay.
'made of' indicates an anagram.
'wood' becomes 'ake' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ts' is an anagram of 'st'.
'st'+'ake'='STAKE'

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(Other definitions for stake that I've seen before include "A wager or pointed pole" , "Money gambled" , "Share (in a business); post" , "Wager; post" , "A bet or sharpened stick" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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