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Authorised information in gentler puzzle (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

greenlit

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'authorised' is the definition.
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'information in gentler puzzle' is the wordplay.
'information' becomes 'i' (common abbreviation for information).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'puzzle' indicates anagramming the letters.
'gentler' is an anagram of 'greenlt'.
'i' going inside 'greenlt' is 'GREENLIT'.

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