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Extremely lawful to ask (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

solicit

'to ask' is the definition.
(I know that solicit is a more specific form of ask)

'extremely lawful' is the wordplay.
'extremely' becomes 'so' ('so' can mean 'extremely' or 'very').
'lawful' becomes 'licit' (synonyms).
'so'+'licit'='SOLICIT'

(Other definitions for solicit that I've seen before include "Drum up business" , "Tout" , "Try to obtain (something) from someone" , "Make request (for business etc)" , "Petition - importune" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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