### Clue: Someone desperate to enter stake – but not quickly (7)
### Answer: ANDANTE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: not quickly
  DAN(reference to Desperate Dan, a character in the British comic, The Dandy, and its successor) **contained in**(to enter) ANTE{the amount of money,stake each poker player contributes to the pool, before (hence "ante") the cards are dealt, and also the amount representing the share any one participant has in a joint venture}.  An amusing surface of a reluctant poker player down on his/her luck and money.
Answer: A musical direction to play in a moderately slow tempo,not quickly.