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To put the cat back into the wager (4-2)

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I believe the answer is:

toss-up

'the wager' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'to put the cat back' is the wordplay.
'put' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the cat' becomes 'puss' (puss is a kind of cat).
'back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'puss' reversed gives 'ssup'.
'to'+'ssup'='TOSS-UP'

'into' is the link.

(Other definitions for toss-up that I've seen before include "Flip of a coin" , "Use of a coin to choose" , "Fifty-fifty chance" , "It helps you pick" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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